-----Original Message-----
From: Basil Chupin
To: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] Grub2 looks like a dead end
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:14:17 +1100
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I have been knocking my head against the brick wall trying to understand
how I can install multiple OSs with grub/grub2, and have used very,
VERY, bad language directed at whoever came up with the concept of grub2!
I have sent this person to the lowest level of the lowest sub-basement
of hell after I was stupid enough to believe the blurb that grub2 was
the future and used it when I installed oS 12.2 :-( .
In trying to understand grub2 I came across this:
http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/down/articles/LSK_multi_distro_install_US.pd...
and the comment by Hans above re using the single command
"grub2-install" made me read the above pdf again. And again.....and
again....and again.....
(Whoever wrote that pdf article appears to have had it edited, or
something, and it is not a smooth flowing article but possibly a
combination of 2 separate versions of the article melded together.)
I am now starting to work out what is necessary to be done to harness grub2.
I am at a point now where tomorrow I will attempt to perform what that
pdf describes has to be done to be able to install and boot multiple OSs
using grub2.
Using grub2 sounds like a piece of cake.
But then, everything is easy when you know what you are doing, right? :-)
-----Original Message-----
To be honest, that (the docu) is probably the main reason for many uphappy feelings (not just grub2).
Generally spoken, people who do the coding are not fond of writing documentation.
And when the finally do, they write it from their point of view: eg they know exactly what and why to do something,
they don't make any mistakes anymore, because they have gone through installation/configuration a zillion times.
Therefor they don't have to interpret warnings about problems or mis-concieved choices either.
This is why i always recommend SuSE, because of it's docu (unfortunately
no printed admin manual anymore, due to costs, but the info _is_ on the
dvd). It is not perfect, but is way better than these so called
point-click-install distro's. At least with regards to gaining knowledge
and getting a proper working system.
Hans.
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