On Saturday 14 November 2009 23:05:47 [email protected] wrote: > Has anybody tamed the grub2 beast?
I uncovered a link <joy><rapture> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275 James > Whatever the technical merit, the lack of even basic documentation is > overwhelming. > > I'm trying to: (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootToRAM) > title RAM Session > kernel /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper toram splash > initrd /casper/initrd.gz > > by editing ... > j...@dvr:~$ cat /etc/grub.d/40_custom > #!/bin/sh > exec tail -n +3 $0 > # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type > the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to > change # the 'exec tail' line above. > cat << EOF > menuentry "Root Ram" { > set root=(hd0,1) > linux /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper toram splash > > initrd /casper/initrd.gz > } > EOF > > and running grub-mkconfig which yields NO CHANGES to /boot/grub/grub.cfg > and the grub entry does not work when added by hand saying > error: you need to load the kernel first > > I agree with him > http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/stay-away-from-grub2/ > so 1 post then back to the sane world for me -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
