Agree, You "just" have to remeber to chmod +x, update-grub, check grub.cfg and add what's new to 40_custom. :) I had a thing with grub1. I like to remove splash and quiet options from the kernel/linux line. Every time I update kernel, there was always a question about menu.lst being changed, and what I would like to do about it. With grub2, I've set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" and no more of that. I also like: insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod ext2 set root=(md0) and so on. <div class="gmail_quote"> That is, I'm feeling fine and hopeful with grub2. Hope it gets closer to yours and others needs soon. Didn't find any sort mecanism, and for sure no menu GUI, I agree. What follows is from <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2</a>: Manually. <ul><li>To prevent a file in /etc/grub.d from adding items to the menu, remove the executable bit or remove the applicable file. </li><li>memtest86+: If you don't want to have memtest86+ displayed in your menu, run <tt class="backtick">sudo chmod -x /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+</tt>. The file will remain but will not be acted upon by update-grub. </li><li>Recovery mode: If you don't want Recovery mode entries for your linux kernels, edit /etc/default/grub and add this line: <ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><pre>GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY=true</pre></li></ul></li> <li>If a custom script in the /etc/grub.d/ folder contains multiple menu entries, individual items may be removed and others retained. </li><li> Tip: If the user wants his custom entries to appear at the top of the menu, the file can be named a value less than "10_linux", such as "07_custom". Check that the "DEFAULT" value in /etc/default/grub points to the correct menuentry after making this change. </li><li>Changes will not take effect on the Grub 2 menu until <tt class="backtick">"update-grub"</tt> is run to update grub.cfg</li></ul> Regards Luis On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Luis Paulo <<a href="mailto:luis.barbas@gmail.com">luis.barbas@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Liam > > If you copy entries on boot.cfg to 40_custom and disable 10,20 and 30 > entries with chmod -x, you'll be able to configure every entry as you > please. I think, didn't try it, just looking for solutions. > > Understand your questions, hope some GUI will come along, and I don't have > shares on grub2. </div>Thanks for the suggestion, but I fear it sounds a bit drastic! I do want to still get automatic kernel updates and so on. If I have to install them manually into Grub, one day, I am certain to forget & then get an unbootable system if I remove the old ones. -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: <a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a> Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>