Re: Why Grub? Must I Switch?

[Daniel L. Miller]

cr wrote:
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:03, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
 

Paul Johnson wrote:
   

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"Daniel L. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
     

I don't understand that - unless your different kernel versions are
all using the same filename.
       

You have a basic shell.  You can type the name, and IIRC, there is tab
autocompletion.
     

So you can't have an unattended boot?
Daniel
   

You can certainly have an unattended boot - the GRUB menu comes up and, after 
a specified interval, it will go on to boot the first entry on the menu  
(unless, of course, you manually select another).

However, if you've just done a system upgrade or destroyed a kernel or 
whatever, or are just Grub-floppy-booting into a system, then you can bring 
up the  Grub command line which has, as Paul said, tab autocompletion - and 
very handy it is too for finding a kernel when you can't remember whether 
it's  vmlinuz2.4.18-bf2.4 or   vmlinuz2.4.18_bf2.4   

cr
 

That's not my idea of an unattended boot - which is where the comments 
on symlinks came from.  If you have a symlink to your current kernel 
version, with the grub config looking at the symlink - then you can 
upgrade the kernel, hit restart, and walk away.  When you come back, 
your machine is ready (assuming the kernel isn't messed up).

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Daniel
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