GRUB boot menu

[Leo Cacciari]

Il giorno lun, 04/08/2008 alle 20.39 -0400, elmo ha scritto:
> Here's a copy of the boot menu that appears in colors when my computer 
> is turned on:
> 
>     Windows XP (Autoboots in 10 seconds)    (hda1, hd0,0)
>      
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Ubuntu 7.10 (CD version ) (Installed on external HD -- hd2,2)
>     Ubuntu 7.10 (kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (CD version) hda2/hd0,1 sda2)
>     Ubuntu 8.04 (kernel 2.6.22-16-generic (DVD version)(hd0,2 sda3)
>     Ubuntu 8.04 (kernel 2.6.22-16-generic (CD version) (hd0,4 hda5, sda5)
> 
> 
> Windows XP was chosen to autoboot because I have great-grandchildren who
> bring their Windows game CDs when they visit.  I have a few games for 
> them in UBUNTU
> but I have to set them up.  UBUNTU must be selected before the 10 second 
> autoboot
> delay times out.
> 
> I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst in the external hard drive to create the 
> boot menu. I used the
> copy/paste method to arrange the menu items then did a save.
> 
> Comments?
> 
Yes,
  In doing this, you must be aware that you interfered with automatic
menu.lst generation handled by update-grub e.g. when a kernel is
updated. 
There is nothing wrong in se, if you remember to edit your menu.lst when
a new kernel is added and, more important, when a listed kernel is
removed. [The latter is more important of the former, because if you add
a kernel and do not update the menu.lst, then you'll not be able to see
the new kernel in the list and boot it, if you remove a kernel and do
not remove it from the list, you could well end up with an unbootable
system. I know it, I did it back before update-grub]
As was said before, you can achieve the same result without
circumventing update-grub, but using it.

Enjoy

-- 
Leo Cacciari

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