On 12/28/2011 05:32 PM, Mike Chambers wrote: > On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 22:53 +0000, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> It works fine. However, grub2-mkconfig tries to detect the installations >> available on the computer and get some wrong results that I need to >> correct by editing grub.cfg. This is bizarre. How can I get a better >> control under grub2-mkconfig? >> In fact it just finds installations which do not exist, probably traces of >> fedora14 which was installed before fedora 16. > > If you edit /etc/grub2.cfg (which is a link to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg) you > do NOT need to run NOTHING. Just edit the file and it will work, no > commands to run at all. And whatever you change there, esp if involves > paramaters to the kernel, such as rhgb and quiet, then those will > translate to each new kernel that it adds to it. > > Maybe I am missing something that makes you run it for some odd reason? > grub2-mkconfig will make everything for you (so I'm lazy, so shoot me.... :-) ) as well as making safe mode entries as well. I find it interesting that when I install a new kernel and grubby runs to make the kernel entry for grub.cfg I *don't* get any safe mode boot up entry for that kernel. No real big deal but I kind of like having those entries. Kevin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
