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| From | <tomas@tuxteam.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: no boot - kinda |
| Date | 2018-08-24 09:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wqeeB-5KP-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <wq2n7-7iz-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <wq6qK-1c8-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 10:37:43AM +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 24/08/2018 06:14, Glenn English wrote: > >I'm told that grub.cfg is a place I don't want to be. Can someone tell > >me how to get grub to boot the working OS, or maybe how to fix the new > >one? > > The recommended way to configure Grub 2 on Debian is to edit > /etc/default/grub and run update-grub . > > The new format to specify a different default kernel is horrific [...] Indeed -- I had to do this a couple of days ago, and in my notes (I do take notes when doing such things: age and that) I see "Jeez. What a Rube Goldberg. Should I say Grube Goldberg?" It's one of those cases where each step towards building the tower seems to make sense, and at the end you say "wait: how did we arrive here?". This is not a specific critique towards Grub people, mind you, but a reminder to myself to slash complexity early when designing a system -- even at the cost of some feature or other. Cheers - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlt/rF8ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYr3wCeLYnTJCU7owsD9LvP94J4CZO7 0vQAnjjEM19dEabYZZtd/TAJs6tzWDlL =1Prw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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no boot - kinda Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-08-23 20:20 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-24 00:40 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-24 00:50 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-24 00:50 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-24 09:00 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-08-24 20:00 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-24 20:30 +0200
Re: no boot - kinda Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-25 03:20 +0200
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