Re: Question regarding numbering conventions

Hi Personnaly, I'm using custom.cfg. This file is incorporated at the end of grub's menu generation and you can either generate additionnal lines at the end of the standard menu or generate a brand new menu in using the configmenu command. I then added a folder in the /boot/grub folder to hol

Re: Question

Can you precise your point, as, to my understanding, Grub is able to boot from CDs. For instance, Ubuntu distributions are available on CDs and nobody complained until now they are not bootable. Le 04/07/2012 03:04, Andy Canfield a écrit : I have a question. Bruce Dubbs said "Ask on the grub-d

Having the configuration file embedded into core.img look for the grub partition by its label

Hi A way I'm using to avoid any Window's reinstallation to overwrite GRUB in a multiboot environment is to install the later on the MBR of a USB key. That way, when booting with no key pluged, the PC boots into Windows and when booting with the key pluged, the PC boots according to the choice of t

Re: Having the configuration file embedded into core.img look for the grub partition by its label

t a unique directory, always the same, on /boot/grub. This is the reason why I want GRUB on my hard drive. Le 23/09/2014 01:09, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko a écrit : > On 22.09.2014 22:49, Arbiel Perlacremaz wrote: >> Hi >> >> A way I'm using to avoid any W

Re: Having the configuration file embedded into core.img look for the grub partition by its label

Hi Le 26/09/2014 21:00, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko a écrit : > On 23.09.2014 10:11, Arbiel Perlacremaz wrote: >> Having the grub directory on the external device is not what I'm looking >> for. >> >> I indeed use several external devices and

Re: Having the configuration file embedded into core.img look for the grub partition by its label

Hi Le 23/09/2014 18:37, Andrei Borzenkov a écrit : > В Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:11:21 +0200 > Arbiel Perlacremaz пишет: > >> Having the grub directory on the external device is not what I'm looking >> for. >> >> I indeed use several external devices and I'v

Re: Having the configuration file embedded into core.img look for the grub partition by its label

Hi Please discard my previous message, which I sent mistaklingly. Le 27/09/2014 17:39, Arbiel Perlacremaz a écrit : > Hi > Le 23/09/2014 18:37, Andrei Borzenkov a écrit : >> В Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:11:21 +0200 >> Arbiel Perlacremaz пишет: >> >>> Having the grub di

Re: Having the configuration file embedded into core.img look for the grub partition by its label

Le 23/09/2014 18:37, Andrei Borzenkov a écrit : > В Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:11:21 +0200 > Arbiel Perlacremaz пишет: > >> Having the grub directory on the external device is not what I'm looking >> for. >> >> I indeed use several external devices and I've i

Re: Switching to another boot device on failure

Switching to the next boot device should not be done without advertising the user, so that he or she has the opportunity to fix the primary device's booting process. By the way, how is the "recordfail" environment variable reset ? And wouldn't it be possible to implement a "next_boot_device" envi

Helping upgrading Grub2's documentation

I would be glad to help upgrade Grub2's documentation. 1) Where is the latest Grub manual ? 2) What procedure is to be used to update it ? 3) Is a complete list of commands available ? 4) Is there a tool to test the commands ? Arbiel ___ Grub-devel ma

Source, configfile and normal

What are the differences between normal file.cfg configfile file.cfg I understand source file.cfg to be equivalent to the inclusion into the current file of the file.cfg. In particular, variables are not to be exported to be available to file.cfg commands. Am I right ? Arbiel __

Timeout and menu management

Hi everybody As a user, I don't really understand Grub's menu management, and particularly the hiding of the menu for "timeout" seconds before booting, to allow for the blind stricking of the key by the user in order to undertake special actions. For a while, I have been using the option of