> On 23 Apr 2014, at 17:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> However, a lot of
> experienced Linux users prefer Syslinux.
I'd like to revisit syslinux at some point. It works well on boot USBs etc. Add
my voice to the chorus of folks not happy with grub2.
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:18:50 -0400 (EDT), Steve Litt wrote:
>
> I considered going back to LILO, but it still has no understanding of
> filesystems: It's easy to bork and hard to fix. Not as hard as Grub 2
> though.
I did switch back from grub2 to lilo, and I'm glad I did. I actually
like lilo'
On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 10:05 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Kruppt wrote:
> > On 2014-04-23, Steve Litt wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI.
> >> I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't
> >> wa
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 03:35:18PM +0200, maderios wrote:
>> On 04/23/2014 06:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>>
>> >Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get
>> >processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I do
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Kruppt wrote:
> On 2014-04-23, Steve Litt wrote:
>>
>> Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI.
>> I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't
>> want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Bas
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 03:35:18PM +0200, maderios wrote:
> On 04/23/2014 06:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> >Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get
> >processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind
>
> Hi
> You need to edit only one file: /etc/def
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> Grub used to be good software. Predictable, non-surprising, one config
> file you edited with an editor. Those days are gone.
>
> Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get
> processed into one big one, which acts
On 04/23/2014 06:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get
processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind
Hi
You need to edit only one file: /etc/default/grub
Then
update-grub
and it works...
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On 2014-04-23, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600
> Muntasim Ul Haque wrote:
>
>> When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem.
>> So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as
>> Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. S
On 04/23/2014 09:18 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600
Muntasim Ul Haque wrote:
When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem.
So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as
Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So w
On Wed, 2014-04-23 at 23:25 +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI.
> > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't
> > want to wade throug
Hi,
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI.
> I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't
> want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically,
> I'd like someth
> - Original Message -
> From: Muntasim Ul Haque
> Sent: 04/24/14 12:43 AM
> To: mailingl...@darac.org.uk
> Subject: Re: Re: grub2 menu problems
>
> I'm using Debian Wheezy and grub2 is default here. And I do not have Windows
> Vista installed. It's
I'm using Debian Wheezy and grub2 is default here. And I do not have
Windows Vista installed. It's just as I told you, grub2 detected Windows
8 as Windows Vista.
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On Wed, 2014-04-23 at 12:18 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600
> Muntasim Ul Haque wrote:
>
> > When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem.
> > So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as
> > Windows Vista and that occurre
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600
Muntasim Ul Haque wrote:
> When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem.
> So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as
> Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the
> remedy?
Grub used to be go
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 05:54:22PM +0600, Muntasim Ul Haque wrote:
>Hi,
>I dual-booted Debian with Windows 8. Windows 8 is shown as Windows Vista
>in grub menu. When I select that Windows Vista and press the Enter key, an
>error message occurs saying:
>
>error: no argument spec
What are the specifications of your hardware?
- CPU (brand and model)
- chipset (brand and model)
- RAM (brand, model and capacity)
- hard disk drive (brand, model and capacity)
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Hi,
I dual-booted Debian with Windows 8. Windows 8 is shown as /Windows
Vista/ in grub menu. When I select that Windows Vista and press the
Enter key, an error message occurs saying: *
error: no argument specified**
**press any key to continue...*
When I press Enter then it boots into Windows
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