[PLUG] Grub Gripe

[WAYNE VAN LOON SR]

Now what is it that is so bad about LILO?
Wayne


On Thu, 6 May 2010, MJang wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 05:38 -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
>> Another gripe I have with my Lucid Lynx dual boot install attempts is
>> that Grub uses the same words to describe both Ubuntu and Kubuntu! I
>> guessed, and was correct, that the first two (normal and failsafe) on
>> Grub's list were for the most recent install. They are followed by
>> memtest (two versions, I think), and then what looks exactly like the
>> first two lines. I'll discover if they really are for the first Ubuntu
>> install when I try again this evening.
>>
>> I assume there's a way to edit something to provide some additional
>> information, but I'll have to look into that later.
>
> Since Ubuntu now uses Grub 2.0, it's somewhat of a pain in the
> whatchamacallit. You'll need to edit files in the /etc/grub.d/
> directory. One method is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#User-defined%
> 20Entries
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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