Comments on: Note to self: Grub2 at 800×600 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: technologyunit http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47702 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:32:40 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47702 I’ll bet it’s redundancy above all else. They are just building in a whole crap load of redundancies so people don’t run into trouble. This work? I don’t think so but you never know. I haven’t had much trouble with grub but crunchbang failed to install it on my netbook.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47670 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:49:15 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47670 As opposed to Grub 1? I couldn’t tell you. I know that most of the distros I use (Crux, Arch and Slitaz, I think), haven’t shifted yet. Ubuntu has, but that’s probably because Debian has.

Which one’s better? Beats me. I only look at it for a few seconds, and then it’s gone. :roll:

]]> By: mulenmar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47669 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:47:18 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47669 While Google isn’t your friend, the GRUB2 FAQ you can find with it is. ;)

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.en.html

]]> By: David Critchley http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47663 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:50:12 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47663 What is so special about grub 2 ?????
If there is a logical, sane reason then please let me know. Is it quicker, more efficient, takes up less resources -what, why how…?

]]> By: Jose Catre-Vandis http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47661 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:23:24 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47661 GRUB_GFXMODE=800×600

and adding this line

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800×600

(We’ll I am using 1024×600)

Also works (not forgetting all the other guff in the default line) :)

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]]> By: Avoiding the second error twice « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47655 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:34:49 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47655 [...] K.Mandla’s blog of Linux experiences BlogAboutHowtosHardwareSoftwareProjects « Note to self: Grub2 at 800×600 [...]

]]> By: Gusar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47654 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:26:17 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47654 I use syslinux personally. Very small and simple. And simply works. Grub2 is some over-engineered, overly complicated… something.

]]> By: esters http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47653 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:21:14 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47653 An OS inside an OS ?

How about syslinux ?

]]> By: David Critchley http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/note-to-self-grub2-at-800x600/#comment-47651 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:21:32 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=5501#comment-47651 I have a PC on which I triple boot PCLoS, Win7 and Mint Debian. I have always had trouble with Grub 2 configuring PCLoS correctly but thanks to PCLoS’s control center and it’s redo-mbr I use the “legacy grub” to boot into all three OS’s.

If the grub gets mucked up for any reason then it’s simply a matter of booting the live disk (PCLoS), deleting the grub menu.lst and running redo-mbr.

My only problem is that Mint-Debian always seem to run in Verbose mode. Any suggestions?

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