Am 31.10.2014 um 17:16 schrieb Peter Humphrey: > On Friday 31 October 2014 15:09:26 J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> I've got a few systems where grub1 doesn't work. This is more likely caused >> by some changes in used filesystems instead of any other cause. >> If I really wanted to, I might get it to work, but I don't see the point in >> spending time on this. >> Grub starts the boot process and then, afaik, disappears. >> Which is sufficient for me. > My grub-0.99 lets me choose from four kernels and two or three run levels at > boot time, and grub-2 can't handle this yet, or it couldn't the last time I > checked. I don't suggest that everyone has a similar need, but at least in > some cases the old grub does still have a place. > grub2 best feature is the 'run mkconfig after each kernel update or you will boot something old and outdated'
I really love that. Or its configs. Once grub's configs were nice, clean and easy. grub2 put away with those shenanigans. Seriously, I regularly ask myself what brain sickness infected those poor guys.
