From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LarVT-0002jQ-UI for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:03:00 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LarVS-0002jJ-45 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:02:58 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LarVR-0002j0-M4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:02:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45131 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LarVR-0002is-J4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:02:57 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:57467) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LarVR-0005W2-1L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:02:57 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LarOv-0006wO-Ag for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:56:13 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LarVO-0004Cc-Fe for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:02:54 +0100 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:02:54 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090221130254.GC16068@thorin> References: <20090121211706.GA4175@pina.cat> <20090124142604.GB27695@pina.cat> <20090209143926.GB4841@thorin> <4990DF32.4050308@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4990DF32.4050308@earthlink.net> 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: "single-user mode" string (Re: gettext patch (beta)) 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: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:02:58 -0000 On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 08:58:10PM -0500, BandiPat wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > >>> +#: util/grub.d/10_linux.in:148 >>> +#, sh-format >>> +msgid "${OS}, linux ${version} (single-user mode)" >>> +msgstr "${OS}, linux ${version} (mode mono-usuari)" >> >> I wonder if we should replace the original string "single-user mode" with >> something else. Novice users find it confusing, since they may assume >> "single-user mode" is the normal mode for them (a single user) to use >> the computer. > =========== > Thanks for mentioning this Robert, as I could see it being somewhat > confusing to new users of Grub2 without some research. I've written a > piece in the Zenwalk WIKI to explain the use and reason it's added in a > basic grub.cfg. It may indeed be a good idea though to change it to > something more descriptive of what function it performs and that is to > only boot to runlevel 1 of the system. I think that's right, isn't it? I'd keep it a bit less technical. Something like "rescue mode" or "recovery mode". Suggestions? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."