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Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1

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On Thursday 14 June 2018 05:00:34 Jimmy Johnson wrote:

> On 06/11/2018 04:42 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Monday 11 June 2018 06:40:41 Mirko Parthey wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 04:44:16PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> and 3: to  treat the grub install as if there are no other drives
> >>> hooked up. I don't need grub to fill half the boot screen with
> >>> data from the other drives.
> >>
> >> Once your Debian installation is finished, put this in
> >> /etc/default/grub: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
> >>
> >> Then run
> >>    update-grub
> >> to remove the unwanted entries from your grub menu.
> >>
> >> The Grub info documentation describes it as follows:
> >> 'GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER'
> >>       Normally, 'grub-mkconfig' will try to use the external
> >> 'os-prober' program, if installed, to discover other operating
> >> systems installed on the same system and generate appropriate menu
> >> entries for them.  Set this option to 'true' to disable this.
> >>
> >> Disconnecting disks while installing Debian can help avoid
> >> mistakes. However, it does not permanently suppress the boot menu
> >> entries referring to other OS installations.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Mirko
> >
> > Thanks Mirko, that will be handy.
>
> #3 problem, have you looked to see if you can remove drives in your
> BIOS, if you can you won't need to crack your case.
>
The sides have been off this huge tower for a decade. Easier to do a 
dusting and cleaning, and helps with the heat trapping. So "cracking the 
case" isn't a big deal, its already cracked wide open.
> Cheers,



-- 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-10 22:50 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-06-11 02:30 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:20 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Charlie S <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2018-06-11 03:00 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:30 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2018-06-11 05:50 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:40 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-06-11 06:20 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:40 +0200
      Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-06-14 07:20 +0200
        Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-14 11:00 +0200
          Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-06-15 08:30 +0200
            Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-15 09:50 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Mirko Parthey <mirko.parthey@web.de> - 2018-06-11 12:50 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 13:50 +0200
      Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-14 11:10 +0200
      Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-14 11:10 +0200

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