What is the current status?

What is the current status?

[Dean Loros]

Hi--

I've been following the list (sort-of) for some time now & I have 
several questions--

1. Is Grub2 up to the usability of Grub?
2. I've been using Grub-GFXboot--Is Grub2 capable of similar eyecandy yet?
3. Has UUID been implemented yet?
4. How stable is the current CVS?
5. My system is dual-boot---Testing Ubuntu (Hardy) & Stable (Gutsy)--No 
Windoze--any config issues?


Thanks for replying in advance!!

Cheers!!

Dean Loros
Performance by Design Ltd.

Re: What is the current status?

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 09:44:48AM -0800, Dean Loros wrote:
> Hi--
> 
> I've been following the list (sort-of) for some time now & I have 
> several questions--
> 
> 1. Is Grub2 up to the usability of Grub?

Mostly (depends a lot on what you want to do with it).

> 2. I've been using Grub-GFXboot--Is Grub2 capable of similar eyecandy yet?

Yes, check gfxterm and the background_image command.  Unfortunately not
quite documented yet.

> 3. Has UUID been implemented yet?

In which way is UUID needed?

> 4. How stable is the current CVS?

Better than 1.95 ;-)

> 5. My system is dual-boot---Testing Ubuntu (Hardy) & Stable (Gutsy)--No 
> Windoze--any config issues?

Not that I know about.

-- 
Robert Millan

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Re: What is the current status?

[Marco Gerards]

Dean Loros <autocrosser1@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

> I've been following the list (sort-of) for some time now & I have
> several questions--
>
> 1. Is Grub2 up to the usability of Grub?

If it isn't, please report so.  We are close to having something
stable.  Bug reports can help us a lot.

> 2. I've been using Grub-GFXboot--Is Grub2 capable of similar eyecandy yet?

This is work in progress.

> 3. Has UUID been implemented yet?

Not yet.  Do you want to do this?  It shouldn't be hard to do, a good
task for someone who wants to works on GRUB 2.

> 4. How stable is the current CVS?

What is the unit this is measured in?

> 5. My system is dual-boot---Testing Ubuntu (Hardy) & Stable
> (Gutsy)--No Windoze--any config issues?

Not that we know of.  It would help if people report bugs :-)

--
Marco