close 342222 thanks ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=false
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:22:07PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > Package: grub > Version: 0.97-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > I have a system that doesn't have any console, and is inaccessible in > a vendor's computing center (it's a rented server, see > http://www.alturo.de/). Hence, it doesn't make any sense to have any > altoptions in /boot/grub/menu.lst since there is nobody there to > select it, and nobody can operate the console since it doesn't exist. > > However, when I delete all altoptions lines from the menu.lst file, > update-grub recreates the single user option which is especially > pointless since the machine does only have the network to interface > with the outside world. > > It should be possible to have no altoptions specified at all without > update-grub trying to be smarter than oneself. > > Greetings > Marc > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.3-zgsrv > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages grub depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal > hand > > grub recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
