Grub2 mkconfig

Wed Feb 22 15:33:45 UTC 2012

On 02/22/2012 10:06 AM, Timothy Davis wrote:
> Once again grub2 has installed dozens (at least 20) different entries in
> my boot menu. I understand that Fedora is bleeding edge and not for the
> feint of heart
> I accept that and have no problem tweaking anything. But come on now! I
> feel like I should just rewrite the mkconfig program.
> My system is as follows: 160Gb IDE (Windows 7), 120Gb IDE (stuff ext4),
> 160Gb SATA (swap, f16x64, ubuntu 11.10, slackware 13.37, vector linux 6
> kde classic, f17 alpha) 250Gb SATA 4Gb boot and the rest is home
> I know my setup is not typical and tweaking boot will always happen
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A NO_OS_Prober cmd line parm would be useful in anaconda or an option in 
the install dialogue to skip os probing.  That said, it isn't too much 
trouble to add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true to /etc/default/grub.

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Regards,
OldFart