From: Mike Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GRUB thoughts
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 20:13:33 -0500
> 3. This could probably be considered a second part to the previous
> problem. When I would try to boot Linux like this:
>
> grub> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
> <happy messages>
> grub> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd
> <bad messages: initrd is too large>
> grub> boot
Could you tell us the exact messages displayed by GRUB?
> 4. Here is an idea for a feature of GRUB. Have GRUB read a file off of
> a floppy or other device to decide which OS to load on a per-boot
> basis. The file could contain the string from the appropriate 'title'
> line in menu.lst or just a number stating which menu option to load.
I can't understand why this feature is useful. If you want to boot
one operating system per a floppy, you can create GRUB boot floppies
as many as you need (of course, with the menu interface). And, if you
just don't like the timeout, you can omit the command "timeout" or
simply set it to 0...
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