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Installing the grub2 package, whether during install or later +</I>><i> automatically builds /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img and also creates a +</I>><i> grub.cfg ready for use. +</I>><i> Chanloading is un-necessary since an entry in menu.lst on a legacy +</I>><i> system will boot a grub2 Mageia system using: +</I> +><i> title Mageia via GRUB 2 +</I>><i> root (hdx,y) +</I>><i> kernel /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img +</I> +><i> ...as explained in the above README.Mageia +</I> +>><i> If you do it this way, you can install whatever you want as a bootloader +</I>>><i> on the MBR, and each partition can have whatever BIOS-compliant +</I>>><i> bootloader it wants, including grub, grub2, lilo, OS/2, DOS, or Wndows. +</I> +><i> Yes, I use a small grub2 partition sda1 as "master". +</I>><i> To boot into Mageia grub2 systems I use the grub2 multiboot command: +</I> +><i> menuentry 'Mageia-3 multi sda6' { +</I>><i> search --no-floppy --label --set=root mageia-3 +</I>><i> multiboot /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img +</I>><i> } +</I> +This thread made it register in my brain for the first time that Grub2 can be +installed on the same / as Grub Legacy without interfering with it. So, on +one of my two Cauldron systems configured to my whim with Grub Legacy, I did: + + # urpmi grub2 + +Which tried to intstall + + grub2 + os-prober + mageia-theme-default + mageia-theme-common + plymouth-plugin-label + plymouth-plugin-script + plymouth-system-theme + +Proceed...? N + + # urpmi --no-suggests grub2 + +which installed only grub2 and os-prober, and took several minutes to +complete (which the known lethargic os-prober is obviously responsible for). + +I added a stanza to my master bootloader to load /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img +and rebooted, selecting the /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img stanza. Results: + +Good start: +1-/boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img in a Grub Legacy stanza succeeds + +Not good from then on: +1-Grub2 error message due to not finding some png file + +2-25 item Grub 2.00 menu (grub.cfg: + <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 +selecting a selection from a master bootloader, there's no good reason to see +similar selections as in the previous menu unrelated to the chosen selection. +IOW, when not a master bootloader (i.e. "chainloaded" via core.img, only +Mageia entries attributable to selected filesystem hosting core.img should be +in this menu. + +3-Grub2 menu uses same awful spindly-looking font responsible in large part +for my distaste for *buntu + +4-default menu selection for Cauldron causes this cmdline: + + BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-prv root=UUID=bbe8a402-5fb1-4247-b372-5bb6cff4e18c +ro splash + +which is nothing like the default Grub Legacy menu stanza's cmdline result: + + root=LABEL=22cauldrn splash=verbose noresume video=1152x864 vga=794 3 + +obviously caused by Grub2 installation disregarding content of pre-existing +menu.lst, which means + +5-semi-legible blue on black graphical progress bar instead of normal +complement of startup messages when splash=verbose + +6-post ESC, startup messages are inappropriately tiny + +7-tty text is too tiny to use (same as startup messages; screen's preferred +mode 1600x1200 used instead of legible mode 1152x864) + +8-KDM is on tty2, the location I reserve for certain class of recurring +activities, instead of where expected on tty7 + +9-preferred initial runlevel as evidenced by menu.lst cmdline options was not +specified + +10-tty1 cleared before displaying login prompt (even after customizing +/etc/systemd/sytem/getty.target.wants/<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at tty1.service</A> with +s/TTYVTDisallocate=yes/TTYVTDisallocate=no/; same problem on Rawhide & +Factory; OT) + +Such displeasures as 1-9 are the reason why in Grub Legacy vs. Grub2 +discussions I point out that Grub2 is still v1.0 software. Just how much of +these observations are due to upstream decisions or yet-to-dos rather than +distro implementation decisions, implementor inexperience or bugs I won't try +to guess. +-- +"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="022347.html">[Mageia-dev] disable a warning as error? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022350.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#22349">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#22349">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#22349">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#22349">[ 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> |