Re: ntp init script

2010-08-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > On 8/23/10 6:10 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> What if the ntp server provided is down like in the 2nd entry above? > > Or (for who knows what reason) outgoing ICMP packets are blocked where > you have no control? > >> This problem is not easily

Re: Bootscript future

2010-08-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > On 8/11/10 12:40 AM, DJ Lucas wrote: >> Actually, for LSB compliance, the 'distribution supplied boot scripts' >> need not use /lib/lsb/init-functions at all.  All that is required is >> that the scripts provide the LSB header information,

Re: Don't edit /etc/grub.d/grub.cfg

2010-08-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
DJ Lucas wrote: > On 08/23/2010 10:38 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Wow. I think that's a lot harder than just editing a file. > > Oh yes, it is certainly more difficult, but I was looking more at > explaining how things are done (education has always been a top priority > in the past). Also, by

Re: Don't edit /etc/grub.d/grub.cfg

2010-08-24 Thread Andrew Benton
On 24/08/10 04:01, DJ Lucas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wow, first time I've messed with grub 2, and I had like 6 kernels still > hanging around and the result was just plain ugly! Is there any reason > we are recommending that the user edit grub.cfg manually inste