On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:12:49 +0100 "Peter Salisbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/10/15 john lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:17:02 +0100 > > "Peter Salisbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> It is in Debian. The Debian system has a transition state which is > >> to chain-load grub2 from grub1 by adding an entry to the original > >> menu.lst. It then invites you to run > >> /usr/sbin/upgrade-from-grub-legacy to make the grub2 setup 'live' > >> once you're happy with it. > > > > Hi Peter > > > > what variant of Debian are you using that currently uses grub2, I > > have seen recent updates in Sid but I am still on "Grub > > Legacy" (ver 1.97*) > > Sid, using the package grub-pc. I had to re-install recently (hint: > don't use e2fsck on a mounted volume, especially not when it's too > late to think straight!) and thought I'd try to be thoroughly modern. I had to fsck this drive recently (following the problems i had with the m/b) and the questions it asked were indeed not something to haphazardly click OK to. (I did anyway and so far don't have any problems but I do have a backup of /home which is about the only data on the drive I don't want to lose) > > Is there any benefit to using grub2? > > Apparently it uses a completely new code base which should enable it > to cope better with modern and future hardware. In Debian it uses a > new method for creating the config file, with an /etc/grub.d directory > similar to udev.d and others. This is scanned when you do an I discovered that I now have an /etc/grub.d but all it contains is a script for memtest86 at present > update-grub to build the config file from little snippets. It > presumably makes package maintainers' lives easier but it means grub > needs more of the file system to be intact and accessible when trying > to recover things. It also has a lot of modules in /boot/grub which > feels like a good thing but makes the directory rather full: > > # ls /boot/grub | wc > 94 95 1710 > > There are also compatible packages like grub2-splashimages which can > make the boot screen very easy on the eye - once you work out how to > get update-grub to put the right image into grub.cfg (ln -s the image > into /boot/grub) > > I particularly like /usr/share/images/grub/Lake_mapourika_NZ.tga I want to see the messages scrolling past on the rare occasions I reboot, gives me a feeling of confidence that things are going right. Boot splashimages are tooo windows-like for me. -- John Lewis using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
