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Grub2 information & Links.
As emorrp1 pointed out to me the other day, grub2 is coming. It will mean a number of changes in the way grub booting will be managed.
I'll be the first to tell you that I know next to nothing about grub2. I have been doing some reading about it but that is a long way from having a strong working knowledge of grub2.
The first thing that I noticed that seems to be missing is the ability to use unique identifiers in the "root" line. We seem to still be stuck with the "hd0,1" drive/partition identifier. In my opinion this was one of the biggest improvements needed in this day of mixed storage devices. I hope I am wrong on this issue, and just missed something.
At any rate, what I would like to suggest is a list of links to grub2 information/documentation that we all can use as a knowledge base for grub2. Good documentation on grub2 seems hard to find at the moment, so we would all benefit from assembling what we can in one list. emorrp1 gave me the first link below and I am adding another. If you find something you think is worth posting about grub2 please put it in this thread and I will put it in the list. That way it can all be kept together and easy to access.
Thanks,
Fred
Grub2 Links:
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Grub2
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
http://grub.enbug.org/
http://grub.enbug.org/Manual
http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList
Using a splashscreen..
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/16/how ... sh-images/
Multiboot (dual-boot) - Windows XP
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/28/win ... r-grub-pc/
http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/09/30 ... rom-grub2/
http://linuxhub.net/2009/07/install-gru ... jackalope/
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing
http://members.iinet.net/~herman546/p20.html ... Good links within too.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-2-T ... 3671.shtml ... General description.
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.p ... =3106368.0
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.p ... =3081671.0
I'll be the first to tell you that I know next to nothing about grub2. I have been doing some reading about it but that is a long way from having a strong working knowledge of grub2.
The first thing that I noticed that seems to be missing is the ability to use unique identifiers in the "root" line. We seem to still be stuck with the "hd0,1" drive/partition identifier. In my opinion this was one of the biggest improvements needed in this day of mixed storage devices. I hope I am wrong on this issue, and just missed something.
At any rate, what I would like to suggest is a list of links to grub2 information/documentation that we all can use as a knowledge base for grub2. Good documentation on grub2 seems hard to find at the moment, so we would all benefit from assembling what we can in one list. emorrp1 gave me the first link below and I am adding another. If you find something you think is worth posting about grub2 please put it in this thread and I will put it in the list. That way it can all be kept together and easy to access.
Thanks,
Fred
Grub2 Links:
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Grub2
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
http://grub.enbug.org/
http://grub.enbug.org/Manual
http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList
Using a splashscreen..
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/16/how ... sh-images/
Multiboot (dual-boot) - Windows XP
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/28/win ... r-grub-pc/
http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/09/30 ... rom-grub2/
http://linuxhub.net/2009/07/install-gru ... jackalope/
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing
http://members.iinet.net/~herman546/p20.html ... Good links within too.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-2-T ... 3671.shtml ... General description.
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.p ... =3106368.0
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.p ... =3081671.0
Last edited by Fred on Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:11 am, edited 7 times in total.
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
newW2,
Thanks for the contribution sir.
Fred
Thanks for the contribution sir.

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Fred wrote:The first thing that I noticed that seems to be missing is the ability to use unique identifiers in the "root" line. We seem to still be stuck with the "hd0,1" drive/partition identifier. In my opinion this was one of the biggest improvements needed in this day of mixed storage devices. I hope I am wrong on this issue, and just missed something.
- (hd0,0)
-Grub1 (legacy grub) - (hd0,1)
-grub 2
This has been looming for awhile, every since Grub2 was announced, and grub legacy was the new name for the older Grub..
Grub2
- using a splashscreen..
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/16/how ... sh-images/ - Multiboot (dual-boot)
--windows XP
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/28/win ... r-grub-pc/
- Edit grub.cfg or other method..
http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/09/30 ... rom-grub2/Code: Select all
8. mike_s - 18 May, 2009 well I just got grub2 up and running on my triple boot system. I have ubuntu 9.1, Windows Vista, and a version of OSX using chameleon’s darwin bootloader. Although I agree that grub2 is way more complicated than its legacy, it is definately doable. The people who are telling you to edit the grub.cfg file are full of beans, as a mismatch between the executables in /etc/grub.d and the .cfg seems to royally piss off grub2. you should edit the exe’s in ~/grub.d to make changes and then execute the command: sudo /usr/sbin/update-grub to make those changes flow through into the grub.cfg ... oh also grub2 doesn’t understand uuid’s so while you are in between you should make sure to edit the menu.ls used by legacy grub to change all uuid’s (except where it says uuid=root) to the respective device and partition or else you will get an error 11 unrecognized device. good luck
grub.cfg gets updated with each update-grub
- For a permanent modification of grub.cfg, you must create a script in /etc/grub.d/
-- script goes into in /etc/grub.d or /etc/default/grub
--with some additional menu command names like menuentry
- grub 2
{
command 1
command 2
...
} - grub1
command 1
command 2
...
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Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Here are a couple of additional links:
http://linuxhub.net/2009/07/install-gru ... jackalope/
http://grub.enbug.org/
The second is to the first page of the Grub 2 Wiki. All kinds of neat links there.
EDIT
Got another:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
This is the Gnu site for Grub . All the latest info will be linked from here and there is a Grub 2 download if you want to play around with the beta version to gain some familiarity. (I will be doing this asap)
http://linuxhub.net/2009/07/install-gru ... jackalope/
http://grub.enbug.org/
The second is to the first page of the Grub 2 Wiki. All kinds of neat links there.
EDIT
Got another:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
This is the Gnu site for Grub . All the latest info will be linked from here and there is a Grub 2 download if you want to play around with the beta version to gain some familiarity. (I will be doing this asap)
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Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
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Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Much thanks gentlemen. It is beginning to fill out a bit. 
Fred

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
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Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Good link. Thanks nukm. 
Fred

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
heres a article that highlights some of its features
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-2-T ... 3671.shtml
is this site reliable anyway?
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-2-T ... 3671.shtml
is this site reliable anyway?
Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Thanks for organizing this, Fred.
Over time, I will go through these links and read about GRUB 2.
Then I can pretend to understand it.
Over time, I will go through these links and read about GRUB 2.
Then I can pretend to understand it.

Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Reliable? In what way?Gumbotron wrote:is this site reliable anyway?
I've accessed Softpedia for the past couple of years, mainly for Windows utilities, when necessary.
My Linux programs come mainly from the native installer.
No embedded advertising and a reasonable database makes it "OK", in my book.
I haven't paid much attention to their articles. User comments are typical.
Re: Grub 2 information & Links.
Thanks to all of you that have contributed to this thread so far. 
Fred

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Re: Grub2 information & Links.
DataMan,
I added your references from another thread to the list also. I hope you don't mind.
Thanks.
Fred
I added your references from another thread to the list also. I hope you don't mind.

Thanks.
Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Re: Grub2 information & Links.
this is a very usefull thread !
i found this link about grub2 and splashimages a while ago, but am not sure if that issue is allready dealt with above ( soooo much links
):
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/16/how ... sh-images/
(this how-to-splash makes use of debian-lenny, im not sure if one may adapt it for mint with grub2, but i hope so)
i found this link about grub2 and splashimages a while ago, but am not sure if that issue is allready dealt with above ( soooo much links

http://blogs.koolwal.net/2008/12/16/how ... sh-images/
(this how-to-splash makes use of debian-lenny, im not sure if one may adapt it for mint with grub2, but i hope so)
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Re: Grub2 information & Links.
lagagnon found this link and posted it here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 15&start=0 . It should be added to the list.
http://maketecheasier.com/mastering-grub-2-the-easy-way
http://maketecheasier.com/mastering-grub-2-the-easy-way
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good info installing grub2 and recognizing windows partition
rtfm - read the fine manual...
Boot info script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291280
grub2 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
PC-BIOS based booting, mbr, boot records; http://thestarman.pcministry.com/
Boot info script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291280
grub2 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
PC-BIOS based booting, mbr, boot records; http://thestarman.pcministry.com/
Re: good info installing grub2 and recognizing windows partition
Nice - I'll make this sticky

Don't fix it if it ain't broken, don't break it if you can't fix it
Re: Grub2 information & Links.
Really great guide, with screen shots: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html
rtfm - read the fine manual...
Boot info script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291280
grub2 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
PC-BIOS based booting, mbr, boot records; http://thestarman.pcministry.com/
Boot info script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291280
grub2 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
PC-BIOS based booting, mbr, boot records; http://thestarman.pcministry.com/
Re: Grub2 information & Links.
Thanks for the links.. I'm trying to tweak my GRUB right now..
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