On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:27:18 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote:
(...) >>> For grub2, there's also just one file to tweak, "/etc/default/grub", >>> and the CLI tools are more powerful. >> >> Are your sure? > > Yes, for the great majority of users. Ah, that's explains all. But I'd say a great percentage of Debian users do not search for what majority of users seek. >> test@debian:~$ ls -l /etc/grub* >> test@debian:~$ ls -l /boot/grub/ > > You can edit the files in "/etc/grub.d/" - or rename them or add to them > - but the canonical way of changing grub settings is through > "/etc/default/grub". Yep, but not all the available options are available from there, or so says the docs. > I used to edit 10_linux, 30_os-prober, and "/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig" in > order to customize grub2 to my liking but I've given up. You see? There will be ocassions where the user have to jump from "/etc/ default/grub" to /etc/grub.d and find out what file in there to modify. With GRUB legacy there were only 1 or 2 files, less error prone, IMO. > And forget about the files in "/boot/grub/". "grub.cfg" is the only one > that you might want to edit (if you do, I'd keep edit a copy stored > elsewhere and copy it to "/boot/grub/" after editing it) but it's not > worth the trouble. You're better off using "/etc/boot/40_custom" or > "/etc/boot/09_cameleon" if you need/want custom entries. I still have to carefully read the GRUB 2 manual from GRUB's site. GRUB is a piece of code that uses to be very customized by distributions but in the end, upstream commands. >> So let's say I want to disallow GRUB2 from including my Windows >> partition at the menu... should I tweak /etc/default/grub or should I >> dive into /etc/grub.d/os-prober, or...? > > That's one disappointment that I have with grub2. You can disable > os-prober in "/etc/grub/default" but you can't have it run on some > partitions and not others (for example if you want to add another Linux > install but not add a Windows install). I think that this is an edge > case because most people who have Windows installed will want it in the > grub menu. There's however one case that I'm surprised doesn't come up > more often: WinVista and Win7 have "recovery partitions" that are > recognized and added to the grub menu and the only way to remove them > (AFAIK) is to edit "/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober"... That's the downside of automatisms, they work for all or for none. But maybe this feature of a selective os-prober can be added later :-? >>> If I were a betting man, I'd bet that grub1 won't be available in >>> Wheezy once it's published... >> >> And that was what I asked for, but I'm still waiting to see an official >> statement for whatever decision they take. I can deal with either, but >> I would like to be prepared for the worst ;-) > > It'll come if it isn't already out. The grub1/grub2 developers are > probably keeping grub1 around to ease the Lenny-Squeeze transition but > they're going to say at some point that they no longer want to maintain > grub1. It is still available for install, just the installer does not present the option. > It's dead upstream and the recent patches have been to keep it > up-to-date with Debian changes like the kernel's "zz*" scripts; > *understandably!*. Sigh... I can understand the decision of ditching GRUB legacy because of a practical POV (lack of resources, manpower, etc...) but it wouldn't surpise me to see it as the default option in other distributions. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.27.10.52...@gmail.com
