idea for storing menu.lst with 1_5 stage or equivalent on grub2

idea for storing menu.lst with 1_5 stage or equivalent on grub2

[adrian15]

This is a idea for making installations of Grub safer.
It is based on Grub Legacy but I think you will find an equivalent on grub2.

Most people ask about grub showing grub> and not knowing what do to do 
when that happens. (Usually when they remove Linux from pc).

If I understand it correctly that means that 1_5 stage has been loaded 
but it does not have found /boot/grub/menu.lst because it does not exist.

My idea is that when embedd 1_5 stage we should also add a configuration 
file with the following contents:

timeout 0
default 0
title correct install
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
HERE GOES CONTENTS of /boot/grub/menu.lst
from the first title.


This way if the file /boot/grub/menu.lst is there it is loaded but if it 
does not exists its backup is loaded.

So... everyone is happy.

adrian15

Re: idea for storing menu.lst with 1_5 stage or equivalent on grub2

[Marco Gerards]

adrian15 <adrian15@raulete.net> writes:

> My idea is that when embedd 1_5 stage we should also add a
> configuration file with the following contents:
>
> timeout 0
> default 0
> title correct install
> configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
> HERE GOES CONTENTS of /boot/grub/menu.lst
> from the first title.

When grub.cfg can not be loaded because it is removed, it most likely
is not possible to load normal.mod.  So because of this your idea can
not be realized in practise.

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Marco