Craig Sanders writes: >> I believe I see a change in a recent update of a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS >> machine. I do not see the GRUB selection screen anymore. > > ubuntu's grub configuration is fucked up. it was bad enough in > previous releases, and it has only got worse in Precise and Quantal.
Worse than needing to hit shift at exactly the right second, after waiting five minutes for the HP/IBM/SuperMicro BIOS to POST? At least extlinux will check CapsLock and ScrollLock, so you can turn on either during POST and it'll still trip extlinux out of "hidden" state. > [How to fix Ubuntu's grub config] That more or less matches my notes, however I prefer to throw away grub entirely and use the same bootloader I use on CDs, USB keys and PXE... http://www.cyber.com.au/~twb/snarf/extlinux.txt http://www.cyber.com.au/~twb/snarf/extlinux-gpt.page PS: on 3TB disks, extlinux 4.05 worked but 4.06 and 5.something-pre would segfault, I'm not sure if it was the GPT or the deliberately degraded md RAID (was migrating to a larger RAID1 pair). _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
