Richard Owlett wrote: ... > I don't know how many times I've *MIS*read that last sentence ;< > Mentally I was correcting non-existent typos, thus totally garbling it. > I just spent several hours wandering thru grub files and loosely related > documentation. > I've ended up at > www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Multi_002dboot-manual-config > which says "Currently autogenerating config files for multi-boot > environments depends on os-prober and has several shortcomings. ..." > I also discovered there that placing a customized grub in its own > partition is not only possible, but recommended in some situations. I > had read somewhere that that option had expired with grub-legacy. That, > although taking much time to understand, will solve a *MESS* of grub > problems for me ;/
i hope so. :) for me the conceptual trouble started ages ago when i thought that "update-grub" and os-prober would go out and find all the other little grubs and get them all in sync. my most recent round of grubismo dealing with the USB stick educated me a little about that misconception and helped me figure out the custom menu entry and chain loading. as usual, i still have much to learn... songbird
