Re: how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-07 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2012-10-07 12:44, contro opinion skrev: i delete the compiled grub,and install grub-pc 1.99 when i update-grub, Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-486 Parse error at byte 1 (line 1): unexpected token how can i do? I assume this means that there is a problem in the initrd, and

Re: how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-07 Thread contro opinion
i delete the compiled grub,and install grub-pc 1.99 when i update-grub, Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-486 Parse error at byte 1 (line 1): unexpected token how can i do? root@debian:/home/tiger# update-grub Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 Fou

Re: how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-07 Thread Daniel Landau
On 7 Oct 2012 11:35, "contro opinion" wrote: > i compiled the grub1.99 ,download tar package ,make and install it, > must i delete it and reinstall it ? Update-grub is a script, that you might not have, especially if you compiled from source. The actual work is done by the command grub-mkconfig

Re: how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-07 Thread contro opinion
root@debian:/home/tiger# aptitude search "grub ~i" #find nothing root@debian:/home/tiger# update-grub2 bash: update-grub2: command not found root@debian:/home/tiger# i compiled the grub1.99 ,download tar package ,make and install it, must i delete it and reinstall it ? 2012/10/7 Johan Grönqvist

Re: how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-07 Thread Johan Grönqvist
Firstly, you would typically reply to the list, and not to me personally. Please only reply to the list from now on. 2012-10-07 09:23, contro opinion skrev: root@debian:/home/tiger# grub-install -v grub-install (GRUB) 1.99 root@debian:/home/tiger# update-grub bash: update-grub: command not fou

Re: how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-06 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2012-10-07 02:02, contro opinion skrev: 3.*sudo update-grub* in my debian ,i can't sudo *update-grub* *, Can you sudo *anything*? What is the error message? I will assume you are seeing the message: "not in the sudoers file." By default, debian does not use sudo to get admin privileges as

how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader

2012-10-06 Thread contro opinion
http://www.howtogeek.com/102009/how-to-password-protect-ubuntus-boot-loader/ here is an article to tell setup password protect on ubuntu,i want to do that way on debian the steps are as the following on ubuntu 1.*grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf* 2. sudo nano /etc/grub.d/40_custom set superusers=”name

Re: Boot Loader

2002-05-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:50, Walter Hofmann wrote: > > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical > > with a menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). > > And Debian! (I'm not sure if it is "modified", but it certainly can do > graphical logos.) Debian has a fairly

Re: Boot Loader

2002-05-01 Thread Sam Clegg
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:34:43AM -0400, German Poo Caaman~o wrote: > On my notebook, Compaq Presario 1711LA: > Suspend -> Recovery at the same place whithout bootloader >(it doesn't matter, because only WinXP can suspend, > not my Linux). > Hibernate -> The power on calls

Re: Boot Loader

2002-05-01 Thread Roman Stepanyan
Thank you all indeed! I think I'll stick to LiLo - at the moment it's the most "standard" and easy for me way to do that. I did not know about menus - LILO version 21 does not have this feature, I think. So I'm going to ungrade to 22. Some comments about your replies (could not react before - was

Re: Boot Loader

2002-05-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:50, Walter Hofmann wrote: > > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical > > with a menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). > > And Debian! (I'm not sure if it is "modified", but it certainly can do > graphical logos.) Debian has a fairl

Re: Boot Loader

2002-05-01 Thread Sam Clegg
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:34:43AM -0400, German Poo Caaman~o wrote: > On my notebook, Compaq Presario 1711LA: > Suspend -> Recovery at the same place whithout bootloader >(it doesn't matter, because only WinXP can suspend, > not my Linux). > Hibernate -> The power on calls

Re: Boot Loader

2002-05-01 Thread Roman Stepanyan
Thank you all indeed! I think I'll stick to LiLo - at the moment it's the most "standard" and easy for me way to do that. I did not know about menus - LILO version 21 does not have this feature, I think. So I'm going to ungrade to 22. Some comments about your replies (could not react before - wa

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Heather Stern
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Hello, everyone > > My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 > series laptops. > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Heather Stern
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Hello, everyone > > My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 > series laptops. > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread German Poo Caaman~o
El mar, 30-04-2002 a las 07:32, Vivek escribió: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > > knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: > > > but I don't think those are technically hibernation. > > > > Technically? Technically, what I described is what Wind

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Walter Hofmann
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a > menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). And Debian! (I'm not sure if it is "modified", but it certainly can do graphical logos.) Walter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Vivek
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: [cut] > obviously doesn't handle it in hardware, I _think_ the behaviour you > describe is probably correct in some machines that do s2d in hardware, quite > possibly not all, but isn't correct in machines that do it in software under > Windows or Linux.

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Vivek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > > knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: > > > but I don't think those are technically hibernation. > > > > Technically? Technically, what I described is what Windows does. Wh

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Vivek
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: > > but I don't think those are technically hibernation. > > Technically? Technically, what I described is what Windows does. Which is > what the original poster was asking ab

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Vivek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > Cyn wrote: > > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the compu

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread German Poo Caaman~o
El mar, 30-04-2002 a las 07:32, Vivek escribió: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > > knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: > > > but I don't think those are technically hibernation. > > > > Technically? Technically, what I described is what Win

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Nick
onday, April 29, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Boot Loader > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a > menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for > your use, yet. > > I'm still using the old O

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Walter Hofmann
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a > menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). And Debian! (I'm not sure if it is "modified", but it certainly can do graphical logos.) Walter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Vivek
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: [cut] > obviously doesn't handle it in hardware, I _think_ the behaviour you > describe is probably correct in some machines that do s2d in hardware, quite > possibly not all, but isn't correct in machines that do it in software under > Windows or Linux

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Vivek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > > knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: > > > but I don't think those are technically hibernation. > > > > Technically? Technically, what I described is what Windows does. W

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Vivek
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: > > but I don't think those are technically hibernation. > > Technically? Technically, what I described is what Windows does. Which is > what the original poster was asking a

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Vivek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > Cyn wrote: > > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resu

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Nick
MAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Boot Loader > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a > menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for > your use, yet. > >

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Matt Chipman
> http://www.xosl.org/ -Matt - Original Message - From: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: Boot Loader > Hello, everyone > > My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 > series l

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-30 Thread Matt Chipman
> http://www.xosl.org/ -Matt - Original Message - From: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: Boot Loader > Hello, everyone > > My question concerns boot loaders which I am going

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > Cyn wrote: > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > > was in before suspend. > > It's

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:02:59PM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > Apt-get install grub grub-doc > > Read the docs and create /boot/grub/menu.lst file :) > Run grub-install /dev/hda can't grub read filesystems at boot, and let you pick from whatever kernels are there? It would be nice to not have

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote: > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo from the manpage for lilo.conf: Alternately, if the boot-menu.b boot loader is installed, a menu of boot options will be presented for your selection. The title of this

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > Cyn wrote: > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > > was in before suspend. > > It's

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread adcarlson
Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for your use, yet. I'm still using the old OS/2 (IBM) Boot Loader, which is menu-driven. That and also something called BootM

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:02:59PM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > Apt-get install grub grub-doc > > Read the docs and create /boot/grub/menu.lst file :) > Run grub-install /dev/hda can't grub read filesystems at boot, and let you pick from whatever kernels are there? It would be nice to not have

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Marcus C. Gottwald
Hi! cyn wrote (Mon 2002-Apr-29 07:19:19 -0400): > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming Don't know if this is what "RS" is faced with, but recent Dell computers come with a weird mode of suspend-to-disk: They save the contents of RAM

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote: > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo from the manpage for lilo.conf: Alternately, if the boot-menu.b boot loader is installed, a menu of boot options will be presented for your selection. The title of this

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread adcarlson
Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for your use, yet. I'm still using the old OS/2 (IBM) Boot Loader, which is menu-driven. That and also something called Bo

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Cyn wrote: > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > was in before suspend. It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system powers off. So then you have

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Walter Hofmann
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo You can do menues with LILO, even graphical ones! I cannot comment on the win98 problem, but I assume LILO can handle this. Walt

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Marcus C. Gottwald
Hi! cyn wrote (Mon 2002-Apr-29 07:19:19 -0400): > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming Don't know if this is what "RS" is faced with, but recent Dell computers come with a weird mode of suspend-to-disk: They save the contents of RAM

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Cyn wrote: > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > was in before suspend. It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system powers off. So then you

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Walter Hofmann
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo You can do menues with LILO, even graphical ones! I cannot comment on the win98 problem, but I assume LILO can handle this. Walt

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Mark Janssen wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > >>I used to use NT loader (it was Win2k + Linux on the machines), but now >>is going to downgrade to Win98. The reason is: Windows has to reside on >>its own partition, but be able to boot: >&g

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Mark Janssen wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > >>I used to use NT loader (it was Win2k + Linux on the machines), but now >>is going to downgrade to Win98. The reason is: Windows has to reside on >>its own partition, but be able to boot: >&g

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Why not? My lilo is menu driven, and always has been. Use boot-menu.b. > 2) will work with Win98 installe

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread cyn
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Why not? My lilo is menu driven, and always has been. Use boot-menu.b. > 2) will work with Win98 installe

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Grub ;) (menu mode, with command-line fall-back) > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo i

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread cyn
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Grub ;) (menu mode, with command-line fall-back) > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo i

Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread R.Stepanyan
Hello, everyone My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 series laptops. Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on hd

Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread R.Stepanyan
Hello, everyone My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 series laptops. Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on hd