26/02/2012 21:54, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I have two different Debian systems on my EEEPC -- stable and testing. > > Whenever testing installs a new kernel as a result of the routing update, > my grub/menu.list file gets rewritten. WHen it does this, it matches the > kernels I have in one Debian sysstem with the fie-system root I have in > the other. I have to hand-edit menu.list to make things right again, > using static boot stanzas in front of the AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST. > > (a) Is there any way I can stop this misbehaviour?
Hi, don't know about that, maybe you could try out grub-pc (a.k.a. "grub2") from the testing system. Install grubs in MBR and let it manage your dual boot, you might have a good surprise. > > (b) If I were to progress to grub2, where I gather I can't take control > of the boot process by editing menu.lst, is there some other way of > making sure things go right? I fear that one of these years, upgrading > to grub2 will become inevitable. grub2 has mostly behaved in a great way for me, and it's definitely a step forward when booting complex configurations (raid, luks, lvm, "alien" operating systems). In a /etc/grub.d/xx_custom script you can set up, well, custom boot entries. Use the other scripts (xx-linux) in the same directory as guidance regarding syntax. > -- hendrik -- 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/4f4aa09b.7000...@googlemail.com
