From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1CyCqe-00061j-QY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:38:56 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CyCqb-00060b-R5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:38:54 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CyCqU-0005x1-Mo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:38:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CyCqT-0005v3-T5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:38:45 -0500 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CyCYv-0005lR-Ao for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:20:37 -0500 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D50927C for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:20:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21284-07 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:20:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A8887C0 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:20:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21E5C045 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:20:32 +0100 (CET) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20050207121011.GC1380@mjk.myfqdn.de> From: Marco Gerards Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:20:38 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20050207121011.GC1380@mjk.myfqdn.de> (Marc-Jano Knopp's message of "Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:10:11 +0100") Message-ID: <87mzugthg9.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: [Suggestion] LILO-like direct menu item access 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: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:38:54 -0000 Marc-Jano Knopp writes: > Hi all! > > I'm only an end user, but didn't find another way to suggest something > for GRUB 2 except for this mailing list, so here we go: This is the right list for anything related to GRUB 2. :) > There is one reason I do not employ GRUB everywhere: With LILO, you > can blindly select a specific menu item, which you cannot with GRUB > (at least with GRUB 0.92). > > I can assign numbers or different letters to the LILO menu items and so > directly and blindly access them, independently from the current > selection bar position, not having to switch on a monitor (or even > actually have one attached). And at least a year ago or so, I could not > find anything in the GRUB documentation to make this work. > > Now, while you're at it, could you add such a feature to GRUB 2? > Especially having letters to select menu items would be very helpful > (l = Linux, f = FreeBSD, n = NetBSD, d = DOS, ...). It's a nice feature to have, but perhaps this can be made more generic. For example, people have requested support for other ways to control the menu and select an item. For example it could be made possible to use a remote control or so. The remote control is a silly example (ehm, right?) but the keyboard should not be the only way to select a menu entry directly. So I hope the feature can be made a bit more generic *somehow*. It's a feature I would personally like and I have seen requests for such feature or features like this before. If no one does not like the feature, I will add it on the todo on the wiki later this week. Thanks, Marco