From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfhY-0004Xp-6S for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:09:20 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfhS-0004Wz-PD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:09:15 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfhP-0004WK-8v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:09:12 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfhO-0004W5-3R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:09:10 -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 1JUfhN-0001d8-NN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:09:09 -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 1JUfhK-0007Ad-Kd; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:09:08 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JUffP-00009M-OJ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:07:07 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:07:07 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: Franklin PIAT Message-ID: <20080228100707.GC32747@thorin> References: <1204146166.4950.7.camel@solid.paris.klabs.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1204146166.4950.7.camel@solid.paris.klabs.be> 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. Cc: GRUB Dev Mailing List Subject: Re: Commented /etc/default/grub [for Debian, and others] 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, 28 Feb 2008 10:09:16 -0000 On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:02:46PM +0100, Franklin PIAT wrote: > Hello, > > I've attached a commented /etc/default/grub file for Debian. Please use pkg-grub-devel for proposing Debian-specific changes (if this is not Debian-specific, then it should be integrated with the makefiles). > I post it here as it can be useful for other distros too. > > Franklin > > P.S. Of course, it's licensed under GPL. > # This file is sourced by update-grub, and its variables are propagated > # to its children in /etc/grub.d/ > > # Menu entry to be booted on timeout > GRUB_DEFAULT=0 > > # Menu timeout ( -1 to wait forever ) > GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 > > # Distributor's name (for labels of menu entries) > GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Debian > > # Parameters to be appended to Linux menu-entries. > #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= This one is dangerous, see how the maintainer scripts interact with it. > # Force Grub terminal mode. "console" disable graphic > # mode. (read the manual before using "serial") > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console This is PC-specific. -- 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 /.)