2009/10/3 Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phco...@gmail.com>: > Michal Suchanek wrote: >> 2009/10/3 Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phco...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Robert Millan wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:04:51PM +0200, j...@hkfree.org wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> I am using Debian GNU/Linux as my primary system. As a loader I am using >>>>> GRUB. >>>>> Actually I have upgraded to GRUB2. I don't know, if it was feature of >>>>> original >>>>> (legacy) GRUB or it was functionality provided by debian scripts >>>>> (update-grub), >>>>> for generating menu.lst. There was feature - howmany. This option >>>>> specifies >>>>> number of kernels, that user wants to have in boot menu. Script, that >>>>> modifies >>>>> menu.lst, use this variable. I like this feature, because I have usually >>>>> more >>>>> kernels, but I want to see only last two versions in GRUB menu. I have >>>>> created >>>>> patch, that add support for this to /etc/grub.d/10_linux. I have created >>>>> this >>>>> patch against version shipped with Debian (1.97~beta3-1) - I don't know if >>>>> there are some Debian specific modifications. Also there should be >>>>> variable >>>>> GRUB_HOW_MANY propagated from /etc/default/grub (my patch don't do >>>>> this). >>>>> Kernel and it's rescue variant is counted as one kernel. >>>>> >>>>> I have already reported this bug to Debian BTS: >>>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548600 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Does anyone else think we want an option for this? It seems like "feature >>>> creep". >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Many kernels encumber view and may make menu difficult to navigate (I >>> have to scroll through a lot of linux kernels before I get to FreeBSD). >>> But choosing kernels would involve heuristics which are likely to fail >>> if e.g. user is in the middle of git bisect >>> But the core issue is a bad menu organisation. I think we need two-level >>> menu. It seems Bean is already working on issue but I haven't followed >>> that thread closely >>> >>> >> >> I guess it should be possible one way or another once the new menu >> system is ready. >> >> It should be possible to sort the non-linux extra boot options into a >> separate list and thus make them easier to reach, for example. >> >> > I would prefer two level OS/kernel choice. E.g. I first choose that I > want linux from hdX,Y and then I choose the exact kernel. Perhaps normal
Typically (hdX,Y) is not what people are familiar with so I would avoid showing that in the menu altogether. Also note that grub is typically installed by a particular distribution and the scripts only know how to add kernels for the distribution or loaders for additional OSes as per OS prober. > keypress enter in first-level menu would boot most recent kernel and Often the menu is hidden completely if no choice of kernels is desired by default. > e.g. hitting F6 will offer kernel choice I think hitting enter twice is not too much of a burden compared to searching for F6. However, we will need multiple "default" kernels if multiple kernel lists are available. Thanks Michal _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
