Grub problems Lucid 10.04

[Joep L. Blom]

On 11/06/11 17:56, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Joep L. Blom<jlblom at neuroweave.nl>  wrote:
>>
>> @Go lip, Thanks for the suggestion. However, I've read so many disasters
>> happening with grub2 that I don't know if it is a good idea. For my simple
>> requirements up till now grub worked without problems. I assume that the
>> coming LTS (12.04?) will require grub2 but I have read so many disastrous
>> stories about unity that I seriously consider another distribution. I
>> started with simple Linux (1991 0,99) then via Red Hat Suse and Fedora
>> coming to Ubuntu. However, I currently have the impression that ubuntu more
>> and more goes the KISS way just like Microsoft and Apple and hide the
>> controls behind many layers to make it more difficult for technical users to
>> control their system. Have you ever tried to fathom the intricacies of
>> pulseaudio?? I rest my case.
>
> Even though this is OT for this particular thread:
>
> 1. I presume that grub1'll be removed from the repositories at some
> point, whether it's for 12.04 or 12.10 or ..., we'll see.
>
> 2. grub2's become quite good, especially with (from what I remember) a
> plain-vanilla install like yours.
>
Well it's not plain vanilla. Actually upgraded starting with 6.04 to 
8.04 and now 10.04.
Besides standard uses (mail internet, etc.) it's mainly used for writing 
music (in my VMware Windows XP) and as central server for 3other systems 
and it is sitting behind a separate firewall (LEAF) that I recommend to 
everyone who is seriously paranoid (I have it running memory only on an 
old K6-box).
> 3. If you don't like Unity, you'll probably not like GNOME 3, so
> switching distributions wouldn't be particularly helpful and you're
> better off trying Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or Lubuntu.

Well, I think so too but I think I will now eventually start with Ubuntu 
Studio as it seems to be rather attractive for audio-applications, using 
a specially tweaked Kernel.

By the way, removing menus.lst did the trick and now I'm running Linux
2.6.32-32-generic.
Thanks again for the help
Joep