>> > With LUA, we can have a more user friendly interface. I like way rEFIt >> > works, it doesn't require configuration. At runtime, it detects os and >> > shows an icon for each of them. We can achieve similar goal using lua. >> > Of course, advanced user can write the menu manually, but for most >> > user, a smart auto-generated menu may be more appealing. >> >> But we have grub-mkconfig for that. This is what distributions shipping >> GRUB are using. > > That's what distributions shipping GRUB2 are using. Fedora is totally > unaware of grub-mkconfig, so I have to rerun it every time I install a > new kernel. > > grub-mkconfig won't pick up all filesystems, mounted and unmounted. > Processing unmounted filesystem would require a binary with GRUB > filesystem code linked into it, perhaps grub-fstest or a separate > binary. > > And let's not forget about recovery disks. That's where lua would > really shine. >
os-detecte is a good idea: I have an external hard drive with an ubuntu on it. When I plug it, thanks to os-detect, I dont have to boot the OS in my internal drive and run grub-mkconfig I just choose the good line in the menu _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
