On Thursday 14 June 2018 05:00:34 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 06/11/2018 04:42 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 11 June 2018 06:40:41 Mirko Parthey wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 04:44:16PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> and 3: to treat the grub install as if there are no other drives > >>> hooked up. I don't need grub to fill half the boot screen with > >>> data from the other drives. > >> > >> Once your Debian installation is finished, put this in > >> /etc/default/grub: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true > >> > >> Then run > >> update-grub > >> to remove the unwanted entries from your grub menu. > >> > >> The Grub info documentation describes it as follows: > >> 'GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER' > >> Normally, 'grub-mkconfig' will try to use the external > >> 'os-prober' program, if installed, to discover other operating > >> systems installed on the same system and generate appropriate menu > >> entries for them. Set this option to 'true' to disable this. > >> > >> Disconnecting disks while installing Debian can help avoid > >> mistakes. However, it does not permanently suppress the boot menu > >> entries referring to other OS installations. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Mirko > > > > Thanks Mirko, that will be handy. > > #3 problem, have you looked to see if you can remove drives in your > BIOS, if you can you won't need to crack your case. > The sides have been off this huge tower for a decade. Easier to do a dusting and cleaning, and helps with the heat trapping. So "cracking the case" isn't a big deal, its already cracked wide open. > Cheers,
-- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
