From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Ip3xd-0004Xb-89 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:33:57 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ip3xc-0004XJ-2V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:33:56 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ip3xa-0004Wp-Jw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:33:55 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ip3xa-0004WW-Ai for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:33:54 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ip3xZ-0003ts-Vx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:33:54 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ip3xZ-0007nP-02 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:33:53 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ip3xO-0001ix-0n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:33:42 +0100 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:33:42 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20071105153342.GC5390@thorin> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Microsoft discourages use of Outlook. X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: How to display more than 8 menu entries? 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: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:33:56 -0000 On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:03:52PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote: > Hello, > > I get up to eight boot menu entries presented on the graphical user interface at > the moment. But I need more options to select between the bootable systems. I do > not see a command for the specification of a higher limit so far. > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Command_002dline-and-menu-entry-commands.html > > I saw that the text user interface can show more menu entries in a (ncurses?) > list box. How can such GUI limitations be adjusted? GRUB Legacy isn't supported in this list. Please contact bug-grub if you need help with that version. Or otherwise switch to GRUB 2 for what you were trying to do. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)