So, ... On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Chris Murphy <li...@colorremedies.com> wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > >> Chris Murphy wrote: >>> Grubby does not work fine with GRUB 2, it creates sloppy menu lists that >>> eventually break the advanced menu entries, as well as totally departing >>> from any user customization of /etc/default/grub. >> >> … vs. grub2-mkconfig, which totally departs from any user customization in >> grub.cfg. > > It does not totally depart. It is merely (highly) not recommended to directly > edit that file. There is indirect customization, which actually in many ways > exceeds that of Grub Legacy. But this is an old argument, that ship has > sailed. > >> >> You gain flexibility in one place and lose it in another. I'm not convinced >> it's an improvement. Though on the other hand, running grub2-mkconfig is how >> upstream intends things to work. > > I've already been on this hill pulling my hair out over GRUB2's complexity > and lack of well written documentation. However, I feel like I've passed this > particularly large stone, the pain has subsided, and except during > pre-release grub-mkconfig hasn't failed to produce a correct grub.cfg and > bootable system. Not even once.
So, with grub-mkconfig, I can expect to be able to chain safely to Debian from a Fedora-installed grub2 in the MBR? Not have mk-config find Debian's kernel and initrd, etc., like Debian's update-grub, but actually chainm, so that Debian can keep track of its latest kernel and Fedora can keep track of its latest kernel and I don't have to deliberately boot and update in both to make sure the the boot process calls the latest kernel no matter which I boot which from? (Not to mention that grub2 doesn't find my 3rd drive for boot purposes.) > So. While grubby may do other things, even for GRUB2 dependent systems, the > part where it comes up with the new entry should, in my view, just call > grub-mkconfig to cause a new grub.cfg to be created. If grub-mkconfig isn't > working reliably for some reason, it's a bug that needs to be fixed anyway. > > > Chris Murphy > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- -- Joel Rees -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
