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On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:29:01 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > If I trust the makefile to build the entire operating system kernel, |
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> > build all the modules it needs and copy all those modules to the |
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> > correct locations, I don't see why I can't let it copy one more file |
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> > to /boot. |
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> Thing is, I already trust what I'm doing to work, as far as the copy |
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> process etc. ;-) Plus, it's not something I do very often either. It |
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> would be my luck that I'd run that script and it screw up not only the |
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> new kernel but my old setup as well. |
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It would be a pretty sad state of affairs if you couldn't trust yourself |
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to be able to copy one file to /boot ;-) |
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> I have to add, I still like the old grub since I could also add the |
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> kernel entry myself, just to know it is done and will work. This new |
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> thing still worries me. |
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You can hand-configure GRUB2 too, there are even example files included. |
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The main benefit of grub-mkconfig is to binary distros so they can |
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automate the process when installing the distro or updating the kernel. |
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> Don't get me started on that init thingy |
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Don't worry, I know better than that! I won't mention HAL either :-) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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On the other hand, you have different fingers. |
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