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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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Results: +</I> +><i> Good start: +</I>><i> 1-/boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img in a Grub Legacy stanza succeeds +</I> +><i> Not good from then on: +</I>><i> 1-Grub2 error message due to not finding some png file +</I> +><i> 2-25 item Grub 2.00 menu (grub.cfg: +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Mdv/grub.cfg.gx27b-cauldron3-1.txt">http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Mdv/grub.cfg.gx27b-cauldron3-1.txt</A> ). After +</I>><i> selecting a selection from a master bootloader, there's no good reason to see +</I>><i> similar selections as in the previous menu unrelated to the chosen selection. +</I>><i> IOW, when not a master bootloader (i.e. "chainloaded" via core.img, only +</I>><i> Mageia entries attributable to selected filesystem hosting core.img should be +</I>><i> in this menu. +</I> +><i> 3-Grub2 menu uses same awful spindly-looking font responsible in large part +</I>><i> for my distaste for *buntu +</I> +><i> 4-default menu selection for Cauldron causes this cmdline: +</I> +><i> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-prv root=UUID=bbe8a402-5fb1-4247-b372-5bb6cff4e18c +</I>><i> ro splash +</I> +><i> which is nothing like the default Grub Legacy menu stanza's cmdline result: +</I> +><i> root=LABEL=22cauldrn splash=verbose noresume video=1152x864 vga=794 3 +</I> +><i> obviously caused by Grub2 installation disregarding content of pre-existing +</I>><i> menu.lst, which means +</I> +><i> 5-semi-legible blue on black graphical progress bar instead of normal +</I>><i> complement of startup messages when splash=verbose +</I> +><i> 6-post ESC, startup messages are inappropriately tiny +</I> +><i> 7-tty text is too tiny to use (same as startup messages; screen's preferred +</I>><i> mode 1600x1200 used instead of legible mode 1152x864) +</I> +><i> 8-KDM is on tty2, the location I reserve for certain class of recurring +</I>><i> activities, instead of where expected on tty7 +</I> +><i> 9-preferred initial runlevel as evidenced by menu.lst cmdline options was not +</I>><i> specified +</I> +><i> 10-tty1 cleared before displaying login prompt (even after customizing +</I>><i> /etc/systemd/sytem/getty.target.wants/<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at tty1.service</A> with +</I>><i> s/TTYVTDisallocate=yes/TTYVTDisallocate=no/; same problem on Rawhide & +</I>><i> Factory; OT) +</I> +><i> Such displeasures as 1-9 are the reason why in Grub Legacy vs. Grub2 +</I>><i> discussions I point out that Grub2 is still v1.0 software. Just how much of +</I>><i> these observations are due to upstream decisions or yet-to-dos rather than +</I>><i> distro implementation decisions, implementor inexperience or bugs I won't try +</I>><i> to guess. +</I> +After editing /etc/default/grub, grub2-mkconfig isn't too bright about +choosing a default kernel/initrd pair: +<A HREF="http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Mdv/grub.cfg.04">http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Mdv/grub.cfg.04</A> + +It selected initrd-prv and vmlinuz-prv as default, which are symlinks to the +previously installed kernel. + +Upstream still has a warning about use of vga= on cmdline, which is still +valid when KMS is disabled, and when non-Plymouth user wants kernel to use +specified vga= mode instead of 80x25 in the brief init period prior to KMS +initialization. +-- +"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant +words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) + + Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! + +Felix Miata *** <A HREF="http://fm.no-ip.com/">http://fm.no-ip.com/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="022349.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022352.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#22350">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#22350">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#22350">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#22350">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |