[Cialug] kubuntu 9.10 & grub

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

I think the issue there is that the last time I tried SUM (startupmanager)
it wasn't quite ready for grub2 yet.  it works and handles basics (like
default OS), but you can do a lot more with the files. (if you know what
you're doing).

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the info. Got it installed (the package is named
> "startupmanager"). I had done a bit of googling, but hadn't run across
> that.
>
> Still find it odd that such a key piece of the admin puzzle would not be
> installed by default, and based on the amount of arguing about the "right
> way" to manually edit grub files that goes on in the Ubuntu forums, I'd
> guess that a lot of people don't know about it.
>
> I think a lot of the confusion is due to the switch to Grub 2, and that
> the update-grub script now wants to overwrite your cfg file for you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -dc
>
> Original Message:
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> grub gui = StartUp Manager
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