Mail Thread Grub

This needs tidying up, but is the gist of a thread on the mail list about Grub:

John W wrote:

> Paul wrote: 
> In my experience Debian usually does (1), SUSE usually does (2), and 
> (3) is hypothetical. 

[chuckle]! :-) 

> Ubuntu uses the Debian update-grub script. I manually edited the 
> default boot order without upsetting it. 

Thanks Paul and Steve, you've given me the confidence to go ahead this eve. 
If you don't hear from me again it means all went well... or so badly that 
Gill is on trial for murder! 

It crosses my mind that this topic would make a perfect little development 
project for me, if only I knew more about gnu development. :-( It should 
be a SMoP to create a little gui utility that shows the various boot options 
from menu.lst, a couple of buttons to move entries up and down, a button to 
select the default entry, an advanced button that brings up another dialog 
to set timeout and other options... 

In fact it sounds so simple someone must have done it already. But how 
would we ever find it? 

John W 

Paul B wrote:

> In fact it sounds so simple someone must have done it already. But how 
> would we ever find it? 

paul@wren:~$ apt-cache search grub 
... 
grubconf - a Gnome2 based GNU GRUB configuration editor 
... 
paul@wren:~$ apt-cache show grubconf 
Package: grubconf 
... 
grubconf is a Gnome2 based GNU GRUB configuration editor. It provides 
an easy to use interface allowing effortless modification of OS's and 
the flexibility to configure the most obscure options. Designed to 
require minimal user interaction while providing tools for the most 
adventurous user. 

Kevin W wrote:

Ermm.... Sourceforge... (duck)

Steve W wrote:

Google?

See http://grubconf.sourceforge.net/

It also threw up a long guide at 
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4622

John W wrote:

> Steve wrote: 
.. 
> Of course the real solution is to remove the Windows option totally. 
> Slug could do with some feminine influences. 

:-) Well, if someone can come up with a GPL Sudoko program as good 
as the (paid for) one she uses on Windows... 

Richard H wrote:

> Steve wrote: 
> .. 
> > Of course the real solution is to remove the Windows option totally. 
> > Slug could do with some feminine influences. 
> 
> :-) Well, if someone can come up with a GPL Sudoko program as good 
> as the (paid for) one she uses on Windows... 
> 
> It's the only thing that's blocking a complete switch for her, I believe. 

http://www.yzonesoft.com/gsudoku/gsudoku.html 

http://gnome-sudoku.sourceforge.net/ 

Both are not that bad. Well, my dad seems quite impressed. 

Steve W wrote:

In the mean time I have come across two more nuggets of Grub info.
uncomment the line:
#hiddenmenu
and it will boot into the default without showing the menu at all.
Press esc to see it.

There is a Webmin module for onfiguring Grub

I have GNOME Sudoku 0.3.2 on my Ubuntu. No idea if it is as good as
your non-free version.

Mark R wrote:

> 
> paul@wren:~$ apt-cache search grub 
> ... 

# links -source http://grubconf.sourceforge.net/ | grep -A 8 2005.09.04 | sed -e :a -e 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//;s/ \;//g;s/<[^>]*>//g;/</ 
N;//ba' 

{ 2005.09.04 } GrubConf Has Retired 
A project, Gnome System Tool, includes a grub configuration utility 
which I would recommend people use instead of gurbconf. 

;) 


PS: Gnome.org seems to be down at the moment, but I've seen the 
system tools before and the Grub ("bootloader") configuration tool 
seemed pretty simple and capable. I found a screenshot via trusty GIS 
at : 

http://www.ilug-cal.org/screenshots/gst_boot.jpg 

Simon L wrote:

XandrOS has just such a utility built in.