My WIP has been revised to include grub2 2.0, systemd 189, and kernel 3.5.3. I 
have patched grub2 to place our theme in /boot/grub, thus making grub2 self 
contained now, meaning it can be used as a separate boot partition now without 
needing to read root partition to boot. Also, it includes a new feature to 
close an ancient request. It now generates a "console mode" entry which boots 
normally, but doesn't start the display manager.

During testing, I ran into some weird glitches with my video. I doubt it's 
related to grub2, and it appears to have gone away completely after switching 
back to HDMI. I was using VGA before. My video would either work correctly from 
boot up, be locked up with no keyboard response and TTY1 visible, or no video 
at all but keyboard is responsive. I have no idea what is the cause. It only 
showed up when I tested it on real hardware. It may just be an ATI kernel bug. 
Regardless, please let me know if you experience something similar.

Testing details are below:

Add this to /etc/pacman-g2.conf, ensuring it is before current.

Include = /etc/pacman-g2/repos/ryuotesting5

Add this to /etc/pacman-g2/repos/ryuotesting5:

[ryuotesting5]
Server=http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/other/people/ryuo/ryuotesting5/frugalware-@CARCH@

Replace @CARCH@ with your appropriate architecture.

Now:

pacman-g2 -Syu

And reboot. Please see here for information on upgrading to new GRUB2, after 
your reboot:

http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/other/people/ryuo/ryuotesting5/docs/upgrade.txt

Scroll down to the section called "GRUB2 upgrade". After you're done, reboot 
again. Thanks for testing.
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