On Tue 01 Jul 2014 at 03:43:37 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Rusi Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 3:40:02 AM UTC+5:30, Tom H wrote: > >> > >> Why do you think that grub2's multiboot replaces grub1's kernel? > >> > >> Its main use is to load the core.img of another grub2 install. I don't > >> think that you can load a kernel with it. > > > > The grub guys explaining (to me!) the configfile and multiboot commands: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2011-01/msg00029.html > > The "grub guys" (I don't know what makes you think that the person who > answered you is associated with grub in any way because grub-help@ is > similar to debian-user@) are telling you in that post exactly what I > told you: "multiboot" is used to load the core.img of another grub2 > install. The kernel grub1 command loads the kernel of another install. > I've never seen an instance of (or the documentation for) "kernel" > loading a grub1 stage1_5 or stage2.
Ineptness on my part. I was working from memory and, in addition, omitted the word "line" after "command". Not that restoring it increases the usefulness of the contribution above its original 0%. > > I really dont want to get into the quality of docs argument. > > Unsurprising since you're wrong! LOL He is right about the high quality advice from respondents (some are grub developers) on help-grub, though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140701111430.gf3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk