Grub changes
Mark Haney
mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Wed Oct 29 17:51:49 UTC 2008
Karl Larsen wrote:
> I have Intrepid up but it is not useful because it can't be used yet
> for a nVidia computer. I looked at the grub control file menu.lst on
> this version and it is quite different from the one on Hardy.
Yes, grub has been updated rather significantly.
>
> It appears that the Intrepid grub uses the uucp tags for everything!
> No more root= and such. I transfered the Intrepid grub boot to my Hardy
> menu.lst but it will not work. Grub errors out with 15 meaning it can't
> find the kernel :-)
I'm going to assume you mean UUID tags and not UUCP? Why would you
transfer a grub file from one OS to another? Linux or not, that's insane.
>
> So now I can't boot Intrepid and if I do I get no x-windows. So I am
> not too hot to fix this since I HATE to try and fix X-windows!
You don't need to fix X, just wait until the full version comes out with
proper support. You'd be amazed what changes are made between a RC and
a Gold.
>
> Karl
>
> ps: Ubuntu Hardy runs fine on this computer :-)
>
>
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