On 1 November 2014 11:19:58 WET, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > On Friday 31 October 2014 20:26:57 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On 31 October 2014 16:16:33 WET, Peter Humphrey > <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Friday 31 October 2014 15:09:26 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > > I've got a few systems where grub1 doesn't work. This is more > likely > > > > > > caused > > > > > > > by some changes in used filesystems instead of any other cause. > > > > If I really wanted to, I might get it to work, but I don't see > the > > > > > > point in > > > > > > > spending time on this. > > > > Grub starts the boot process and then, afaik, disappears. > > > > Which is sufficient for me. > > > > > > My grub-0.99 lets me choose from four kernels and two or three run > > > levels at > > > boot time, and grub-2 can't handle this yet, or it couldn't the > last > > > time I > > > checked. I don't suggest that everyone has a similar need, but at > > > least in > > > some cases the old grub does still have a place. > > > > Grub2 can do that in at least three different ways. You can write a > complete > > manual configuration, just like with 0.9,you can put a manual custom > > configuration in /etc/grub.d or you can put a simple she'll script > in that > > directory that creates menu entries with each set of options for > each > > kernel in /boot. > > > > None of these options are any more complex than creating a grub 0 > > configuration by hand. > > Well, it looks as though grub-2 has grown since I looked into it, but > as it's > going to need a whole new chapter of learning on my part, I think I'll > put off > doing it for a while. > > -- > Rgds > Peter
That makes perfect sense. I still have systems using the old grub. It works so why mess with it? However, I may give gummiboot a whirl, especially as UEFI let's your multiple bootloader. One useful feature for me is that grub2 will boot from an ISO image, I always keep system rescue cd image in /boot. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
