Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
Samuel Thibault, on mar. 06 mars 2018 19:13:45 +0100, wrote: > Samuel Thibault, on lun. 05 févr. 2018 10:31:40 +0100, wrote: > > I have reported the feature request to http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53065 > > Here is an answer: > > “ > the solution which is available atm is: > > set pager=1 > cat ($root)/boot/grub/MESSAGE.txt > unset pager > echo -n "-- Press ESC or wait 60 sec to continue: " > sleep --verbose --interruptible 60 > > There is no pause command. To stop for a minute before showing the menu: sleep > continues on Escape key only. > ” And “ set pager=1 cat ($root)/boot/grub/MESSAGE.txt unset pager echo -n "-- Press ENTER to continue: " read ” Samuel
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
Hello, Samuel Thibault, on lun. 05 févr. 2018 10:31:40 +0100, wrote: > I have reported the feature request to http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53065 Here is an answer: “ the solution which is available atm is: set pager=1 cat ($root)/boot/grub/MESSAGE.txt unset pager echo -n "-- Press ESC or wait 60 sec to continue: " sleep --verbose --interruptible 60 There is no pause command. To stop for a minute before showing the menu: sleep continues on Escape key only. ” Samuel
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
Control: clone -1 -2 Control: block -1 by -2 Control: retitle -2 Add support for help screen Control: reassign -2 grub Control: forwarded -2 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53065 Hello, I have reported the feature request to http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53065 Samuel
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 02:13:30PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:16:38PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> Hello Grub maintainers, any idea about this? > >Is this too much of a hack: > > This is what I suggested to Samuel in irc earlier today, in fact. It's a bit gross, but could work... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com < liw> everything I know about UK hotels I learned from "Fawlty Towers"
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:16:38PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello Grub maintainers, any idea about this?
Is this too much of a hack:
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'Help:' {true}
submenu ' Prerequesites for installing Debian.' {
menuentry 'PREREQUISITES FOR INSTALLING DEBIAN' {true}
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'You must have at least 105 megabytes of RAM to use this
Debian' {true}
menuentry 'installer.' {true}
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'You should have space on your hard disk to create a new disk
partition' {true}
menuentry "of at least 680 megabytes to install the base system.
You'll need more" {true}
menuentry 'disk space to install additional packages, depending on what
you wish' {true}
menuentry 'to do with your new Debian system.' {true}
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'See the Installation Guide or the FAQ for more information;
both' {true}
menuentry 'documents are available at the Debian web site,
http://www.debian.org/' {true}
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'Thank you for choosing Debian!' {true}
}
submenu ' Boot methods for special ways of using this CD-ROM' {
menuentry 'BOOT METHODS' {true}
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'Available boot methods:' {true}
menuentry ' ' {true}
menuentry 'installgui' {true}
menuentry ' Start the installation using the graphical installer --
this is the' {true}
menuentry 'install' {true}
menuentry ' Start the installation using the text mode installer'
{true}
menuentry 'expertgui' {true}
menuentry ' Start the installation in expert mode, for maximum
control, using' {true}
menuentry ' the graphical installer' {true}
menuentry 'expert' {true}
menuentry ' Start the installation in expert mode using the text mode
installer' {true}
}
Obviously the text has to be corrected I just copied from isolinux pages
as an example.
--
Len Sorensen
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
Hello Grub maintainers, any idea about this? Samuel - Forwarded message from Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> - From: Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> To: Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org>, 888...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:12:46 + X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_50, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS autolearn=disabled version=3.4.1 Message-ID: <20180126161246.vohgz6nxztctt...@tack.einval.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:03:07PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >Package: debian-installer >Version: 20171204 >Severity: normal > >Hello, > >When booting with syslinux, one has some boot-menu help screens which >document some convenient kernel parameters (e.g. to avoid bugs like >Bug#888513). That help is not available in the grub menu used for UEFI >booting, it should be. It would be lovely, yes. But I have no idea how to do such a thing, I'm afraid. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back - End forwarded message - -- Samuel La carte réseau fournie par cybercable (sn2000) ne va-t-elle que sur bus isa ou peut-on aussi la mettre sur bus PCI. Merci de m'éclairer. -+- JP in le Neuneu Pète un Câble : Une carte dans chaque port -+-
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:03:07PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >Package: debian-installer >Version: 20171204 >Severity: normal > >Hello, > >When booting with syslinux, one has some boot-menu help screens which >document some convenient kernel parameters (e.g. to avoid bugs like >Bug#888513). That help is not available in the grub menu used for UEFI >booting, it should be. It would be lovely, yes. But I have no idea how to do such a thing, I'm afraid. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back
Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen
Package: debian-installer Version: 20171204 Severity: normal Hello, When booting with syslinux, one has some boot-menu help screens which document some convenient kernel parameters (e.g. to avoid bugs like Bug#888513). That help is not available in the grub menu used for UEFI booting, it should be. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'oldoldstable'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'buildd-experimental'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled -- Samuel The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first. (Arno Schaefer's .sig)
