From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JJE6N-0004qf-V8 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:39 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJE6M-0004qG-1i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJE6K-0004pr-J5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJE6K-0004pm-FS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:36 -0500 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.176]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJE6K-0003ct-A5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:36 -0500 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so3313038wah.10 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:27:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mDSab4x/8cHwdz8IhxxB+lzCH+kFGlULE5RfkDWDcqE=; b=BQ0IB80zmVP39cSc+fvE+ldv0Gft2OLWuRp7qPc3/IBmoMWk3ZnTzkJJ9ucKdSC3BaVBZdaU+leBKOMhVOpAY6z0DiBPGG8ZlgDyHPjXGhDfVHG6uqWJPG0WrbYrX6N2kozVa30eBjrivE6PxxG3NBex73VW2esIIIfOBCZ9fMU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E7C8OZjd1wEILcujSjmD6er1I2yhR1+PZq4Hdx16xBMtdyyARIA/kJBjUMvVc1a3it6iYSwOjgrtEonTefjvx9tZMgzIIeGZ8G3LDyiR0MpGR7EIrUCs5O4sjZrTnrh/0m28cqYdm7bZuzRukb2mM/MYRiEOVbTrdpabQJBnLfs= Received: by 10.114.133.1 with SMTP id g1mr1136453wad.81.1201465654756; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:27:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.101? ( [71.54.207.73]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m34sm7195753waf.48.2008.01.27.12.27.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:27:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <479CE936.5090902@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:27:34 -0800 From: Dean Loros User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: <479ce4d6.2c99260a.0d02.ffff95d7SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <479ce4d6.2c99260a.0d02.ffff95d7SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Grub-devel Digest, Vol 47, Issue 110 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 20:27:38 -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). > just boot Ubuntu--dual 7.10/8.04 >> 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. > got any tips on the docs? >> 3. Has UUID been implemented yet? > > In which way is UUID needed? > saw in the wiki info--UUID instead of /dev/hxx--my system is set up UUID >> 4. How stable is the current CVS? > > Better than 1.95 ;-) > Sounds good!! >> 5. My system is dual-boot---Testing Ubuntu (Hardy) & Stable (Gutsy)--No >> Windoze--any config issues? > > Not that I know about. > Thanks for the heads-up. Anything else I need to know on set-up?