hi, i never said that grub.cfg cannot be edited manually instead i said it was not recommended. i would like to add that once you comment out the unwanted entries, during installation of new kernel packages the 'update-grub' will reinsert the older kernels if its still installed in the system. Further during this process it will update the grub config entries such as default item, boot timeout etc as read from the file '/etc/default/grub'. so the manual changes in the grub.cfg is prone to be overwritten during a kernel update process. However it does not apply to those offline systems where frequent update is not carried out. this is what i could understand from reading through the grub2 documentation(but then i am not a geek either).
bipin On Feb 18, 8:11 pm, Adhin D <[email protected]> wrote: > @ Bipin > > I was not talking about the link you posted. I agree with you fully that its > more detailed & comparatively easy to understand than anything I read > before. > It will be useful for those who are interested (both geeks & non-geeks) > about doing those things. But what about the others, those we FSAs convince > with a great difficulty. Probably they'll be dual booting & will be asking > for windows as primary choice, & also want to remove all other unnecessary > entries. We cannot sit in front of them editing those config files & mess up > the grub. I'm telling this because I made that very mistake. > > I was commenting about the idea of editing grub indirectly by playing with > other files. > I mean what is the difference if we directly edit the grub or let those > config files do it? If we make any mistake in editing the config files, > it'll mess up the grub too...What is the difference? > I couldn't find a satisfactory answer for that...Hope you'll have one, > please enlighten me (no links, just tell what you know.) -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
