Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Mark Fletcher Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: GRUB -- Debian overrides? Or maybe I just don't understand it well... Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 01:30:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Wed Dec 20 00:28:42 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.859 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 CL_IP_EQ_HELO_IP=-2 (check from: .gmail. - helo: .mail-qv1-xf36.google. - helo-domain: .google.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_HELO(DOMAIN)=-2; rate: -5.5 X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyIJBxsliRXOgvbEa82L5SF9uJzWwG0eXHc+OWmO9mChNuCI3OM 2xcmz0F8y5WeNC92/Xwd7PjtRnigELKPg87cTRE= X-Google-SMTP-Source: AGHT+IELwof1q22LINCREdTGVmAnIaL1yZi8j09eFWFYZy6LwolTm5ImmnZvDTQi6PwJHHtY8vPP2mA2y9huRmcJqKE= X-Received: by 2002:ad4:5aed:0:b0:67f:2481:3a39 with SMTP id c13-20020ad45aed000000b0067f24813a39mr11515552qvh.49.1703032099023; Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:28:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/806739 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAH6Gj5GL0KDtVnvOAa7hEsCB=9yJty76mHTVH9C9s+APoYkpsA@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 24 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:28:08 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <95575a2b-b41c-219b-d6a9-15a48738465a@earthlink.net> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:264937 On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 22:15, Felix Miata wrote: > > Thus, you, as admin, construct working stanzas however you like, with or without > UUIDS, with or without device names, with or without volume LABELS, however you > like boot to go, and they don't get changed, except by the admin - you. This is > easy, because you as admin can use the kernel (and initrd) symlinks Debian puts in > /, or anywhere you'd like symlinks to them to go, for distros that don't > automatically create them for you. There's no need for maintenance when new > kernels are installed in the case of Debian and other distros that automatically > generate new symlinks. For those that don't, creating them is trivial. > > > is a thread that goes through my UEFI system setups. > -- Thanks very much for your help, I reckon I can make that work. Is that the "official" answer? I am curious to know from Debian GRUBbers (as it were) if the behaviour I am describing in this thread is expected... Thanks Mark