Re: Any tutorial to configure grub menu interface ?

[Bean]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:54 PM, J. Bakshi <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:58:09 +0100
> Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Bean wrote:
>> > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, J. Bakshi <address@hidden>
>> > wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:52:41 +0100
>> >> Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> J. Bakshi wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:01:05 +0800
>> >>>> Bean <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:41 PM, J. Bakshi <address@hidden>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> I wonder if there is any tutorial to crate cool grub menu
>> >>>>>> interface. Can we use the grub2 2009 summer project to get
>> >>>>>> those fancy interfaces ?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> There are actually two menu system. Colin has written a fancy
>> >>>>> menu patch as part of gsoc project, you can still get the code
>> >>>>> from http://grub.gibibit.com/, there are also some docs there.
>> >>>>> It looks good, but a little slow, and some feature like edit
>> >>>>> boot command hasn't been implemented.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Recently, I have rewritten the menu system and it's almost done
>> >>>>> by now. The project is hosted at https://launchpad.net/burg,
>> >>>>> you can also follow this post in ubuntu forum:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I plans to add some doc on menu config soon.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> Hello Bean,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It is nice to know about your project. I hope it can be in main
>> >>>> line grub soon. Eagerly waiting for that and also for your doc.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> Till now Bean ignored all our requests to work on merging these
>> >>> changes in the mainline or experimental. Unless he collaborates on
>> >>> merging there is nothing we can do.
>> >>>
>> >> Bean, may I request you merge your great work in mainline grub2 ?
>> >> A Lot of grub2 users like me are really interested to try your
>> >> great work in  grub2.
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > It's not that I don't merge it to mainline, but parts of my branch
>> > is not considered appropriate for grub2. So someone can just pull my
>> > branch, review it and merge whatever part they want.
>> >
>> >
>> Ok, then the next weekend I'll do the cherrypicking. This weekend I
>> just have no time for it (I'm on regional ACM)
>>
>>
>
> so grub2 users, be ready to enjoy some really cool menu interfaces with 
> better control. Thanks a lot to you all developers to give us such a great 
> boot loader.

Hi,

I just write a document on configuration of the new menu system:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

-- 
Bean

My repository: https://launchpad.net/burg