Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 10 February 2008 02:28:40 Daniel Barkalow wrote: > *This .sig left intentionally blank* Alternatively: this sentence no verb. -- Rgds Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Dale
Daniel Barkalow wrote: On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday 09 February 2008 04:35:35 Daniel Barkalow wrote: *This .sig left intentionally blank* It did? Where did it leave for? That reminds me of the pages in the IBM

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Daniel Barkalow
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday 09 February 2008 04:35:35 Daniel Barkalow wrote: > > > > > >> *This .sig left intentionally blank* > >> > > > > It did? Where did it leave for? > > > > > > That reminds me of the pages in the IBM service manuals.

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:46:48 -0600 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday 09 February 2008 04:35:35 Daniel Barkalow wrote: > > > > > >> *This .sig left intentionally blank* > >> > > > > It did? Where did it leave for? > > > > > > That reminds me of the

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 09 February 2008 04:35:35 Daniel Barkalow wrote: > > >> *This .sig left intentionally blank* >> > > It did? Where did it leave for? > > That reminds me of the pages in the IBM service manuals. They would put that on the "blank" pages. My questions w

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 09 February 2008 04:35:35 Daniel Barkalow wrote: > *This .sig left intentionally blank* It did? Where did it leave for? -- Rgds Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 2/8/08, Dan Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sometimes forget that some people actually use XP as an alternate OS > (for me it's just there in case I forget how bored with games I am) Well, other than games, Windows can at times prove a useful companion. What's good about it is that afte

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-08 Thread Daniel Barkalow
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 08 February 2008, Dale wrote: > > Dan Farrell wrote: > > > You should join me then. All I have is Linux. I have NEVER bought a > > M$ product, ever. I built this rig and put Linux on it. I have > > never looked back either. > > What is thi

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:14:02 -0600, Dan Farrell wrote: > I sometimes forget that some people actually use XP as an alternate OS XP is a valid alternate OS... to Vista :) -- Neil Bothwick "Bother," said Pooh, as Smurfette got dressed. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 08 February 2008, Dale wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: > You should join me then. All I have is Linux. I have NEVER bought a > M$ product, ever. I built this rig and put Linux on it. I have > never looked back either. What is this Microsoft of which you speak? I have never heard of such

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-08 Thread Dale
Dan Farrell wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:34:07 + > Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I thought the point of the question was to avoid waiting for the GRUB >> menu to appear. >> > > I sometimes forget that some people actually use XP as an alternate OS > (for me it's just

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-08 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:34:07 + Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought the point of the question was to avoid waiting for the GRUB > menu to appear. I sometimes forget that some people actually use XP as an alternate OS (for me it's just there in case I forget how bored with games

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:27:28 -0200, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > | That would make installing new drivers in Windows even more of a pain, > | doubling the number of reboots needed :( > > Not really, you can always change the default option by using the > cursor keys in the grub boot menu.

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-05 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Neil Bothwick wrote: | That would make installing new drivers in Windows even more of a pain, | doubling the number of reboots needed :( Not really, you can always change the default option by using the cursor keys in the grub boot menu. - -- Art

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 09:20:47 -0600, Dan Farrell wrote: > I was thinking, though; wouldn't it be possible to just switch back and > forth each boot? Have grub set windows as the default when it boots > linux and linux as the default after booting windows, That would make installing new drivers in

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-04 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
On Sunday 03 Feb 2008 20:50:47 Dan Farrell wrote: > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:44:59 +0100 > > "Liviu Andronic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks all for their respective input. From the information provided, > > I've assembled a short Gentoo Wiki Tip [1]. > > > > Regards, > > Liviu > > > > [1] http

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-03 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:44:59 +0100 "Liviu Andronic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks all for their respective input. From the information provided, > I've assembled a short Gentoo Wiki Tip [1]. > > Regards, > Liviu > > [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Reboot_to_Windows_(using_grub) Thanks; I've

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
Thanks all for their respective input. From the information provided, I've assembled a short Gentoo Wiki Tip [1]. Regards, Liviu [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Reboot_to_Windows_(using_grub) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Alex Schuster
Liviu Andronic writes: > I was wondering if anyone knew how (whether) it is possible to set > temporary options to grub. [...] > Basically, I would like to issue a command (restart with a certain > grub temporary setup change), go make myself a cup of tee and come > back and see the Windows login

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 2 February 2008, Stroller wrote: > One answer to this is to change the "default" entry in /boot/grub/ > grub.conf > > If you don't want to do this manually using $editor each time you > want to start Windows then you could surely write a script which > would do so. In order to change /

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
On Saturday 02 Feb 2008 18:27:55 Liviu Andronic wrote: > Basically, I would like to issue a command (restart with a certain > grub temporary setup change), go make myself a cup of tee and come > back and see the Windows login screen. info grub Look for grub-set-default. What I've done is to add

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Stroller
On 2 Feb 2008, at 12:57, Liviu Andronic wrote: ... With the current setup, however, I need to press the restart button (in Xfce), wait patiently till the computer restarts, wait for the grub screen and change the option before the 5 seconds time-out expires. I find annoying when I miss out the t

[gentoo-user] (OT) Reboot to Windows (using grub)

2008-02-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
Dear Gentoo Community, I was wondering if anyone knew how (whether) it is possible to set temporary options to grub. I am on a dual-boot setup with Gentoo Linux being the first choice in grub's config file. When I perform a restart, most of the times it is in order to subsequently boot Windows. W