Re: Clarification Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-10 Thread David Wright
On Thu 09 Dec 2021 at 09:09:42 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/08/2021 06:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different > > configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display > > OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY

Re: Clarification Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-10 Thread Brian
On Thu 09 Dec 2021 at 09:09:42 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/08/2021 06:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different > > configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with > > version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY

Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-09 Thread David Wright
On Wed 08 Dec 2021 at 12:16:49 (-0500), songbird wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > ... > > I see no reference for Grub being able to read a partition's label only > > its UUID. > > i don't use UUIDs (LABELS only) so i do this in /etc/default/grub: > > = > # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB

Clarification Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/08/2021 06:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. I give all partitions descriptive labels. I want the Grub menu

Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-08 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > I see no reference for Grub being able to read a partition's label only > its UUID. i don't use UUIDs (LABELS only) so i do this in /etc/default/grub: = # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true ==

Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-08 Thread Richard Owlett
*note* No need for CC: I'm subscribed On 12/08/2021 08:29 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. I giv

Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations > of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and > partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. > > I give all partitions descriptive labels. > I want the Grub menu to display OS

Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-08 Thread Richard Owlett
I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. I give all partitions descriptive labels. I want the Grub menu to display OS and the partition label. I want