From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JJCG4-0005kz-25 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:29:32 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJCG2-0005jd-U5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:29:30 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJCG0-0005h9-Op for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:29:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJCG0-0005h6-Jb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:29:28 -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 1JJCG0-0006EC-8D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:29:28 -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 1JJCFy-0005sH-RU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:29:27 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JJCEQ-0001Jh-6i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:27:50 +0100 Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:27:50 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080127182750.GA4976@thorin> References: <479CC310.2010607@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <479CC310.2010607@gmail.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird 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: What is the current status? 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: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:29:31 -0000 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 I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)