Re: [Wishlist] Better warning if grub.cfg not found

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:51:44PM +0200, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Doing some tests with Grub2 and qemu I've made a mistake that Grub (I
> think) could warn me better.
> 
> The mistake is that I didn't have a grub.cfg file (well, I had but in
> the wrong place). 
> 
> The Grub2 feedback for a standard user it's just flickering (I think
> that Grub2 paints the menu) and after that shows the command line.
> 
> I would expect a warning, before the command line or in the command line
> screen informing user that grub.cfg has not been found in the expected
> place.

Agreed.  Can you fix this?  Also, it shouldn't bother to draw the menu if it
isn't going to use it for anything.

> I'm doing the Grub2 imagine file using grub-mkrescue.
> 
> Should already grub-mkrescue warn if grub.cfg is not there? (at least if
> using overlay option). I could take a look if grub-mkrescue should do
> it.

AFAICT, this problem is in GRUB itself, and shouldn't affect what grub-mkrescue
does.

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