Re: Please add better line editing

2017-04-03 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 19:48 Michael Zimmermann wrote: > are you booting grub in BIOS or UEFI mode? GRUB in BIOS mode is > usually pretty slow because it constantly has to switch between real > and protected mode. Not an issue. > In UEFI, GRUB is running at full speed. > Doesn't matter. Most comm

Re: Please add better line editing

2017-04-02 Thread Michael Zimmermann
are you booting grub in BIOS or UEFI mode? GRUB in BIOS mode is usually pretty slow because it constantly has to switch between real and protected mode. In UEFI, GRUB is running at full speed. Ofc, that doesn't help you if you need to boot in BIOS mode, but it's a hint at where the slowness may co

Please add better line editing

2017-03-27 Thread gobnat
Hi I've had trouble with booting my system recently and have had to edit the parameters during boot. I have a long boot line (kernel text + 115 chars of optional params) and getting to the right place (about char 80) is very tedious. The key repeat seems to be very slow. It also buffers the ke