On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 14:04 +, Kruppt wrote:
> On 2013-10-30, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > I've wondered about this or something similar. Has anyone tried having
> > each OS install their grub to their partition, rather than the MBR ??? and
> > then having a separate grub configuration that in
On 2013-10-30, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> I've wondered about this or something similar. Has anyone tried having
> each OS install their grub to their partition, rather than the MBR ??? and
> then having a separate grub configuration that installs onto the MBR
> which lets you chain-load each of th
On Thursday 31 October 2013 09:08:32 Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 05:25:45PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 October 2013 16:45:18 Darac Marjal wrote:
> > > Actually, it's possible to remap keys in the shell.
> >
> > How??
>
> OK, a quick web search says the technique
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 05:25:45PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 October 2013 16:45:18 Darac Marjal wrote:
> > Actually, it's possible to remap keys in the shell.
>
> How??
OK, a quick web search says the technique I used to use (a series of
setkey statements) is no longer supported
On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 09:32:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> >
> >Do not install GRUB for the new install. Run update-grub from whatever
> >you do boot into.
>
> Thought I had tried that. Got a couple of installs to do today. I'll
> try it. Thanks.
Perhaps it would be less work t
Brian wrote:
On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 08:55:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
QUESTION_TWO:
Is there an automatic way for the Grub menu to display the
associated partition label instead of the kernel id? the partition
designation (sda1 ... sda8 etc) would be minimally acceptable.
Automating the me
On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 08:55:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> QUESTION_TWO:
> Is there an automatic way for the Grub menu to display the
> associated partition label instead of the kernel id? the partition
> designation (sda1 ... sda8 etc) would be minimally acceptable.
Automating the menu displa
I've wondered about this or something similar. Has anyone tried having
each OS install their grub to their partition, rather than the MBR — and
then having a separate grub configuration that installs onto the MBR
which lets you chain-load each of the partitions (or LVs or whatever?)
My thinking is
On 30/10/13 10:16 AM, Brian wrote:
On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 08:55:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
The combination of running the Debian Installer with as many
defaults as possible and Grub2 being automatically installed each
time results in two annoying characteristics.
ONE:
On boot, the the last
On Wednesday 30 October 2013 16:45:18 Darac Marjal wrote:
> Actually, it's possible to remap keys in the shell.
How??
> I used to use a
> dvorak keyboard with grub quite happily.
Thanks,
Lisi
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 04:58:13PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
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>
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> >
> >Don't know if I'd call Grub2 bloated, but Grub-legacy was friendlier.
>
> In my own and humble opinion, and for my needs, it is.
> I do not hate grub, since when you do not have complex needs it
> wor
Le 30.10.2013 16:58, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit :
which
does not happen in stable Debian (the one officially recommended for
users).
Error from myself, sorry, it happens in stable too.
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Le 30.10.2013 15:48, Richard Owlett a écrit :
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 30.10.2013 14:55, Richard Owlett a écrit :
I have a laptop physically set aside for _experimenting_ with
install
parameters to determine my optimum configuration. One install will
duplicate as closely as p
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:48:55 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> Don't know if I'd call Grub2 bloated, but Grub-legacy was friendlier.
Maybe not bloated, but grub2 was certainly broken the last time I tried it.
Specifically, (1) when I installed a system using grub2, it would install on
the fi
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 30.10.2013 14:55, Richard Owlett a écrit :
I have a laptop physically set aside for _experimenting_ with
install
parameters to determine my optimum configuration. One install will
duplicate as closely as possible whatever comes with some donated
hardware
Brian wrote:
On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 08:55:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
The combination of running the Debian Installer with as many
defaults as possible and Grub2 being automatically installed each
time results in two annoying characteristics.
ONE:
On boot, the the last system installed will
Le 30.10.2013 14:55, Richard Owlett a écrit :
I have a laptop physically set aside for _experimenting_ with install
parameters to determine my optimum configuration. One install will
duplicate as closely as possible whatever comes with some donated
hardware for the church's after school program
On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 08:55:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> The combination of running the Debian Installer with as many
> defaults as possible and Grub2 being automatically installed each
> time results in two annoying characteristics.
>
> ONE:
> On boot, the the last system installed will be
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