On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:30 PM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Grub2 on gentoo, seems a bit confusing. I guess > I've just read too much that is system dependant ( version of grub2?) > (and to think the purpose of Grub2 was/is standarization?) > > > So I simple want to be able to add multiple linux kernels > to boot from. Many are experimental hacks, so I keep > quite a few around..... eventually, there will be > a windows7 boot need on lappys and tablets too. > > Some reading suggests to simply build the kernels, and > put them in /boot/.... with acceptable namees like: > "kernel-3.10.25-gentoo" and they will automactically > appear in the boot menu? No limit to the number of > images? > > Some pages suggest manually editing the grub.cfg file, > but I've also read that this is overwritten by the scipts > and info found in /etc/grub.d. I running Grub 2.00_p5107-r2. > > I like to keep multiple version of kernels, complete sources > etc and keep several if not many of the bootable kernels > in /boot/. > > Ideas and suggstions on how a grub(legacy) guy should approach > this need, with grub2 are most welcome. Just so you know, I > envision in the next 12 months to have many different arm(64) > systems using grub2 also (linaro has grub2 working on arm and > arm64); so a clean, well thought out strategy of similar > approaches to grub2 on many differnt arch's is what I'm really > after.... > > Also while we discussing grub 2, it boots blind (no feedback) > and takes too long to boot (estimated 5 minutes) : really slow > so what do I change there? No systemd on my systems..... > > > TIA, > James > > > > Hi James, If you put the kernels in /boot with proper names and launch: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Grub will set up the kernels for you. If you want (not likely) to create a manual entry, put it in /etc/grub.d/40_custom -- Andrés Becerra Sandoval
