On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 3:03 PM Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Hi Fritz, > > it comes with a learning curve ;). > > On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:20:18 -0700, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > >Any pointers on why you choose syslinux over grub2?? > > For me the pros of syslinux are > > - I do not need to disable insane automation, as I had to do (depending > on the distro providing it) for grub2 > - I do not need to tidy up a default config, to get rid of clutter > > For me the con of syslinux is > > - I'm either forced to use chainloading or as I do, to use one > partition for the kernels of all installs and (not necessarily) to > bind mount [1] > > In my case 2 pros vs one con. > > Actually there are a lot of more pros and cons for both, syslinux as > well as grub2, depending on the users needs. For me just the mentioned > matter. > > On 'apt' based distros, such as the Ubuntu flavour Lubuntu, you can > 'dpkg-divert' [2] 'grub-mkconfig' and 'update-grub' to get rid of the > insane automation and usage of configs, to generate cluttered configs. > Instead manually edit a clean grub.cfg and don't worry about any > automation that could mess up anything. > > FWIW I'm using syslinux of my Arch Linux install, not from my Ubuntu > Xenial install. > > Regards, > Ralf > > [1] > [weremouse@moonstudio src]$ grep bind /etc/fstab > /mnt/archlinux/.boot/ubuntu_moonstudio/boot /boot none bind > 0 0 > > [2] > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/dpkg-divert.1.html > > > @Ralf: Thanks for the fast reply . . . indeed, there usually is "a learning curve" . . . I was thinking after I posted that it might be "a nightmare" to try to get my Mac Pro with 4 drives with multiple installs spread across each of them, all switched over from Grub2 . . . without creating a "mess" beyond the mess that I have now. It seems like grub2 must "memorize" all of the systems that have ever been installed or booted by Grub2 . . . because in SG2 disk the list of all of the various "cfg's" . . . what "vmlinuz" and all of the other overlaps that might boot something up . . . are all listed there and it's a "very long list." Maybe 6 months back I had a Sid linux distro installed and it turned out to be "unfriendly" to the other distros and removed data across partitions and possibly drives AND it messed up grub2 . . . and I had a thread on the opensuse forum that was huugggeee with guys trying to help me figure out how to get grub2 all tidy again . . . and in spite of what was pretty high level help . . . nothing seemed to get grub2 "freshened" to just show the current installs . . . it remina as you say, "cluttered." It might be easier to fiddle with my olde laptop that only has two OSX installs and one Manjaro . . . Manjaro is stacked on Arch, right?? That install is my first or second Arch based install . . . might be "easier" to get over to syslinux in that computer and if it blows up . . . not too difficult to do a fresh install??? Or, is this something that is easier to do with a fresh install and then instead of flagging the EFI boot partition with "grub2" . . . there's a drop down choice for "syslinux"?? I was trying to figure out if Xenial is 16.04??? Ancient history man, didn't they just "drop support" for it a couple weeks back??? Check out Groovy . . . the water is "fine" in the 20.10 game. : - ))))
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