Grub feature request?

[John Summerfield]

Beartooth wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:58:44 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> [...]
>> 1. read the docs. Be aware though that "boot" means "load the kernel." I
>> don't see that it can help with crashing kernels.
> 
> 	If there is any documentation of anything, anywhere, yet more 
> opaque than all I've read of grub, I shudder to think of it. It's 
> written, like a classic gummint manual, for those who already know 
> everything in it, cold, and want an occasional reminder. Those of us 
> lacking such knowledge, it merely daunts.

I find that playing with something while referring to the docs helps. 
Grub is easy to play with, though one needs two computers or a printed 
copy of the grub manual for best results:-)

I find info documentation generally hard to use, but the pinfo command 
makes it easier to browse.


>  
>> 2. Take a look at grub2.
>  
> 	The project site, for instance at http://www.gnu.org/software/
> grub/grub-2-support.en.html, was last updated a little over a year and a 
> half ago; stability was hoped for as of November '06. Did that come to 
> pass?? Or is it still an invitation to disaster for mere mortals?

That's grub2. It's intended to replace grub, when ready. Look for what 
it describes as "grub legacy."

> 
> 


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John

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