From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898761039E for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:33:29 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta2.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aIfRF5OzA+ub for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:29 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E955E3E004A for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from mcgee (lambeau.johnheim.com [66.222.31.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC91B2BDA7 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:28 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <09DEEF968E8543AAACD9EA38B997614C@mcgee> From: "John G. Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20091128001400.GA4428@blackbird> Subject: Re: grub2 impressions Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:25 -0600 Organization: University of Wisconsin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:33:30 -0000 I manage an installation of hundreds of dual boot machines and let me tell you, that beep is pretty nice. It might annoy the end users a little bit but if I have to reboot their machine, that beep comes in pretty handy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" To: Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 6:14 PM Subject: grub2 impressions > Hi All, > I've just decided to take the plunge and switch my dual boot ArchLinux > system from using grub-legacy to grub2. My initial impressions are > below, for what it's worth. I should note here that I've never felt it > necesary to have grub beep at the boot menu or any other such feature. > I just set an infinite timeout and go. > Superficially, menu.lst has gone, replaced by grub.cfg. The syntax of > device specifications has been made a bit irregular. Disks are still > numbered at 0, partitions are numbered at 1. One wonders if the > developers plan on regularizing the disk numbers at some point? So, > for instance, /dev/sda1 is (hd0,1) and sda5 is (hd0,5). > That aside, the command syntax is different. You'll be using set a lot, > to change variables like your timeout or the default menu entry. "set > timeout=0", for instance. Menu entries are defined by blocks enclosed > in braces, instead of the title keyword. > menuentry "Arch Linux" { > set root=(hd0,5) > linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro > initrd /boot/kernel26.img > } > This is the entry I use to boot ArchLinux over here. I still need to > figure out how to get that to use uuids, but for now this certainly does > the job. > The documentation provided with my ArchLinux package of 1.97.1 is > incomplete. There's a skeleton info menu with a few introductory nodes > already filled in, but it leaves a lot to be desired. Nevertheless, > there's a sample configuration file included (at least in my package). > Overall, I'm happy I switched. I'm sure the system will be going > through some pollishing before it's officially bug free (TM), butoverall > I like being on the leading edge when it comes to these things. I > quibble with the developers to an extent over minor cosmetic issues, but > that's neither here nor there. I hope this helps anyone who might want > to give this a try. > All the best, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >