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On Sunday 10 Jun 2012 22:48:32 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:08:24 +0100 |
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> Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:48:10 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > > syslinux/extlinux and friends are more suited for embedded devices, |
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> > > liveCDs and that sort of thing. They never found much traction for |
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> > > desktop use which explains why the Handbook makes no real effort to |
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> > > document them. |
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> > One of the main strengths of {sys,iso,ext}linux is in demonstrating |
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> > how simple and well-documented GRUB is by comparison. |
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> That has *got* to be the first time ever someone could validly call |
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> grub "simple" and "well-documented" |
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> Usually, grub is anything but :-) |
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Well documentation is pretty good me thinks, or at least GRUB legacy was. I |
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haven't yet delved at any depth into GRUB2, which is of course more |
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complicated than its predecessor. |
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PS. [OT] what key am I supposed to press to be able to see some more verbose |
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output on the console while *ubuntu is booting? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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