From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LV2T2-0000xs-GI for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:32:24 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LV2T0-0000wr-Bm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:32:22 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LV2Sz-0000w8-6J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:32:21 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40093 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LV2Sz-0000w4-2e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:32:21 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:57088) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LV2Sy-000406-Fc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:32:20 -0500 Received: from [85.180.44.148] (e180044148.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.44.148]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML21M-1LV2Sd0aqf-0007sJ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:31:59 +0100 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <498A05F3.9080605@earthlink.net> References: <498A05F3.9080605@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:32:01 +0100 Message-Id: <1233833521.3424.7.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+IDJmlqaJ0QYrq3le2IaNg+GQvE7ToRk1h5a8 GBgxUOOsYwSMd7kMH0DZug/DZ6Qc5uQ5i7KKhWR1esoB3q3lD2 KWwScg1YP+L1qUCUC1Q4TzVK9+lRtqX X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Error: [-] ERROR: /var/run/p0f.sock: Connection refused Subject: Re: Keyboards X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:32:22 -0000 Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 16:17 -0500 schrieb BandiPat: > 1. Is it possible to set the keyboard layout for grub? It's always hard > to find the right characters at lilo prompt. No. > 2. The only real advantage is, that I don't have to run lilo after > kernel updates? I still have to edit the config file for my self > compiled kernel updates? Yes or rerun grub-mkconfig. On Debian/Ubuntu there is /etc/kernel-img.conf where you can specifiy a postinst_hook which calls update-grub (which is just a stub for grub-mkconfig) > set root=(hd0,2) > linux (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.*.* root=/dev/sda2 ro > splash=silent vga=794 > } > Which would list all vmlinuz-2.6.*.* kernels as menuentry and > automatically set the highest version number as default. This would be > cool :-D Good idea but that isn't currently possible I think. -- Felix Zielcke