* Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels
@ 2014-11-01 11:19 99% ` Peter Humphrey
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From: Peter Humphrey @ 2014-11-01 11:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Friday 31 October 2014 20:26:57 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On 31 October 2014 16:16:33 WET, Peter Humphrey
<peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Friday 31 October 2014 15:09:26 J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > > I've got a few systems where grub1 doesn't work. This is more likely
> >
> > caused
> >
> > > by some changes in used filesystems instead of any other cause.
> > > If I really wanted to, I might get it to work, but I don't see the
> >
> > point in
> >
> > > spending time on this.
> > > Grub starts the boot process and then, afaik, disappears.
> > > Which is sufficient for me.
> >
> > My grub-0.99 lets me choose from four kernels and two or three run
> > levels at
> > boot time, and grub-2 can't handle this yet, or it couldn't the last
> > time I
> > checked. I don't suggest that everyone has a similar need, but at
> > least in
> > some cases the old grub does still have a place.
>
> Grub2 can do that in at least three different ways. You can write a complete
> manual configuration, just like with 0.9,you can put a manual custom
> configuration in /etc/grub.d or you can put a simple she'll script in that
> directory that creates menu entries with each set of options for each
> kernel in /boot.
>
> None of these options are any more complex than creating a grub 0
> configuration by hand.
Well, it looks as though grub-2 has grown since I looked into it, but as it's
going to need a whole new chapter of learning on my part, I think I'll put off
doing it for a while.
--
Rgds
Peter
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