Grub and Grub2 don't get along?

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Saturday 31 October 2009 04:08:57 am Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On Saturday 31 October 2009 07:17:24 Jerry Lapham wrote:
> > I managed to install Kubuntu 9.10 on dev/sda7, an empty but
> >  previously formatted partition on my laptop.  I was a little
> >  leary, but I think I let it default to installing grub2 on
> >  dev/sda.  When I rebooted, the grub menu from Kubuntu 9.04 on
> >  dev/sda5 was displayed with no way to boot 9.10.
> >
> > I thought, well, that was probably a good thing.  I'd just add
> >  Kubuntu 9.10 on dev/sda7 to that menu like I had Mandriva 2009
> >  on dev/sda6.  I did it and rebooted but when I clicked on
> >  Kubuntu 9.10 it took me to a grub prompt.
> >
> > How do I get 9.10 to boot?
> 
> Grub2 is a different beast from grub legacy. No menu.lst anymore.
> In /boot/grub, you'll find a file called grub.cfg, but - as it
> clearly says: - don't edit this file.
> 
> Instead, you'll find a file in /etc/default called grub. This one is
> editable and after editing one must run: 'sudo update-grub2'.
> 
> While doing so, it will search for other bootable partitions, and
> create a new boot menu.
> 
> In your case, I would simply try to run 'sudo update-grub2' and see
> what happens.
> 
> I've had countless problems with grub2 myself during the alpha-beta
> phase, and the documentation is sparse - to say the least. So,
> before you edit /etc/default/grub, save it under another name, i.e.
> 'grub_original'. That way you can restore it - if need be from a
> live CD, if the system will not boot at all.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Kaj Haulrich.
> 

This is unbelievable!.  Why go from the simple, easy to config setup that 
everyone was comfy with, that required no afterward compile, (as was the big 
complaint with LILO)?  Why do we need GRUB now, since it now has the same 
ridiculous problem that LILO was so maligned for?  Stupid.  Also, can someone 
please explain why it needed a "grub2"?  What, exactly, was wrong with grub 
legacy?

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Howard Coles Jr.
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