[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and softlevels

2014-01-26 Thread Martin Vaeth
Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > properly; now all I need to do is make grub use the plain old 80x25 > > Thanks, but I'm using a manually written grub.cfg Then it is completely trivial: Just do *not* insert code which sets graphics like insmod {vga,vbe,gfxterm}, loadfont unicode, terminal_output gfxter

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and softlevels

2014-01-26 Thread James
Mick gmail.com> writes: > > PS, your not alone is frustration and less than ideal (er_shit) > > configuration experiences. > There was some frustration when grub2 would complain when I tried to > install it in a partition boot record, rather than the MBR that > *buntu wanted. The handboo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and softlevels

2014-01-26 Thread Mick
On Saturday 25 Jan 2014 19:32:16 James wrote: > What we need is some "dumbed_down" documents for the over 50 crowd, > because, like you, I'm tired of fixing things that were solved, > decades ago. :-)) > Closely intertwined with grub2 issues are UUIDs, (U)EFI, fstab stratigies, > gpt formating

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and softlevels

2014-01-25 Thread James
Mick gmail.com> writes: > Perhaps I'm getting older or just bored with change, but is there an > alternative to grub2 that has the simplicity of grub-legacy, for more > complex than your average Ubuntu-like user requirements? >From my research, nothing that is gaining ground. Grub2 is bein

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and softlevels

2014-01-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 25 Jan 2014 13:51:01 Martin Vaeth wrote: > An example for a manual setup (i.e. not autogenerating grub.cfg) > using this technique can be found here: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7426932.html#7426932 Good $(DEITY)! I'd have to enlarge my boot partition to cram all that in!

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and softlevels

2014-01-25 Thread Martin Vaeth
Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Now, my question is how to have grub2 offer me a choice of kernels from all > those that are present in /boot (a separate ext2 partition). Not only that, > but pass different softlevel selectors to them. In my opinion you should decide for either manually writing a grub.