Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:05:53 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Camaleón wrote: They can move on without hurting users :-( Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from any other random project? Yes. There are not many bootloaders out there with the same capabilities

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:06:12 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Tom H wrote: It is strange because it would have been easy and wold not have been taxing to have a http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grublegacy.html page for those people who need to consult or refer others to grub-legacy's manual

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: Bob proulx wrote: Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from any other random project? Yes. There are not many bootloaders out there with the same capabilities that show GRUB :-) Besides, GRUB (legacy and 2) if the default bootloader in

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:05:30 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Camaleón wrote: Besides, GRUB (legacy and 2) if the default bootloader in many linux distriburions, as well as BSD and OpenSolaris. It manages well with many different environments, is very flexible and powefull so it tends to be the

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: But it have been desiderable to name it GRUB2 or something like that to prevent old GRUB users to be more confused than they are

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camale?n wrote: But it have been desiderable to name it GRUB2 or something like that to prevent old GRUB

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote: On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camale?n wrote: But it

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20100710_155720, Tom H wrote: On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote: On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul E Condon wrote: Tom H wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: Tom H wrote: Camaleón wrote: This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far as gnu is concerned, there must only be one grub... How bad! :-( They have moved on. It doesn't benefit the upstream to

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:00:53 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: Tom H wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: Tom H wrote: Camaleón wrote: This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far as gnu is concerned, there must only be one grub... How bad! :-(

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: Tom H wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: Tom H wrote: Camaleón wrote: This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far as gnu is concerned, there must only be one grub...

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote: I'm sorry for my misunderstanding of your relationship to this wierdness. No problem.  And thanks for your added information that access to the old docs is decaying as we speak. Not good, IMHO. You're welcome.

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: They have moved on. They can move on without hurting users :-( Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from any other random project? Does every project need to keep every version of their history available and online for all

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom H wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Why is that strange? The official documentation for GNU projects is texinfo documentation. It has been this way for a very long time. It is strange because it would have been easy and wold not have been taxing to have a

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-10 Thread thib
Bob Proulx wrote: Well... If you (and Camaleón) feel that strongly about it then discussing it here should just be a launching point to taking the discussion to upstream. Don't be shy about giving them feedback! Otherwise how will they know? I am sure they will have considered this already

[info] grub2

2010-07-09 Thread Tom H
There is now an official grub2 manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-09 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: There is now an official grub2 manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html Great news! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-09 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:30 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Tom H wrote: There is now an official grub2 manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html Great news! Sure... But it have been desiderable to name it GRUB2 or something like that to

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-09 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:30 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Tom H wrote: There is now an official grub2 manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html Great news! Sure... But it

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-09 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: But it have been desiderable to name it GRUB2 or something like that to prevent old GRUB users to be more confused than they are now with 2 GRUBs in play :-) This is the same url as the