From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A315E138BD5 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 23:05:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 712ECE08BE; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 23:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com (mail-la0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F756E0891 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 23:05:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f54.google.com with SMTP id s18so3219580lam.41 for ; Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:05:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=axm2uiCKz0xuHKak2aF29Rd0J5fP/U4jEroamZFDrIA=; b=QNCSp7B2fznN3I+FtDxIJcSDpa/xHWOi2iizUVkRpt3txvdEpK0Kw3IZSxdTK12UFc wagTRG5tIxk9BsqtumyT3c1n9wnXwEXtr6UcKiSklapfZEVR313TeEfYrfSqWIkIgHDC EEwPaXDV2T5paHFgiZ+bfJgNps4HN6OKwNp8+bWzikvESFbb3yCnQ3jJynCg4tHd5DFS gbzm63j0tDNDwGKYyIBbULV8KZ1rBcOEW6oZ0m2Bb8rQmixqXPEx1kEilhWpQ2cnJEI7 hzh+QqV1q1ETpOXJ7AtjeNGjtbZoCFjsDTBCGZSDJt5SdBQBvK+cvKQHDVaJ2+U3O0BS DdQw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.116.47 with SMTP id jt15mr7350851lab.13.1414969529270; Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:05:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.22.168 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:05:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <15724934.eWR0Wdy2P9@wstn> References: <54536D16.6090401@libertytrek.org> <8373843.QKcfWZa5E2@andromeda> <15724934.eWR0Wdy2P9@wstn> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 18:05:29 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels From: Tom H To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 864abddc-ac67-496b-a875-fd51b6d397a8 X-Archives-Hash: 871dff0973c2dc4dafa6d0f361212b7c On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Peter Humphrey 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. You can edit "/etc/grub.d/10_linux" to add more than the regular and the recovery entries. You can also "chmod -x" the files in "/etc/grub.d/*" and create manual entries in 40_custom (and keep it executable!).