On 2012-11-26 14:38, Peter Ross wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Craig Sanders wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:01:32PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> >>   apt-get purge $(apt-cache pkgnames plymouth)
> >
> > actually, this won't work because ubuntu's mountall package depends on
> > libplymouth2.
> >
> > because it makes perfect sense to make a low level system function to mount
> > all disks on boot dependant on some graphical boot logo bullshit.
> >
> > so, you're stuck with plymouth whether you want it or not.
> 
> You can deinstall plymouth(which has all the boot magic in it)  and leave 
> just the libplymouth2 there, I think.
> 
> Thanks for the GRUB related notes.
> 
> I recently gave up on an attempt to understand what Ubuntu's GRUB is 
> doing.
> 
> I am tempted to go for a handwritten /boot/grub.conf with the basics next 
> time. Or I install the FreeBSD boot loader to start Ubuntu;-)
> 
> Apologies for mentioning systemd last time. Ubuntu has upstart.

I recommend switching to Extlinux instead of GRUB. It's far more simple
and stupid (i.e. doesn't try to be clever).

http://www.cyber.com.au/~twb/snarf/extlinux.txt

That file from Trent (most notably the Deployment section) has mostly
current information on how to set it up (aside from the kernel versions
etc. that are shown).

-- 
Regards,
Matthew Cengia

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