A simple default GUI to configure Grub2

[Florian Diesch]

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Am Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:12:15 +0100
schrieb Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at canonical.com>:

> Florian Diesch wrote on 03/09/12 19:09:

> > Adding a way to modify the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX* variables in 
> > /etc/default/grub could be useful
> 
> Unfortunately the Grub2 manual doesn't make clear what those are for
> or why you might use them. All it says is "Command-line arguments to
> add to menu entries for the Linux kernel."
> 
> Can you give some examples of how they could be useful?

Kernel parameters are used to change the kernel's behaviour. They are
sometimed needed to avoid issues with incompatible hardware or broken
BIOSes.

Having a GUI to change them would make it less scary for new users.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Common_Kernel_Options
lists some kernel parameters.



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