On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 09:53:02AM +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Craig Sanders writes:
I believe I see a change in a recent update of a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS machine. I do not see the GRUB selection screen anymore.
ubuntu's grub configuration is fucked up. it was bad enough in previous releases, and it has only got worse in Precise and Quantal.
Worse than needing to hit shift at exactly the right second, after waiting five minutes for the HP/IBM/SuperMicro BIOS to POST?
yeah, the recordfail anti-feature. the default value of -1 makes grub wait for user input on every reboot after any boot failure. not a huge problem on a desktop machine, but a PITA on a remote server or a VM. in precise, recordfail=-1 is hard-coded. in quantal (and precise-updates, IIRC) they at least provided an override variable.
At least extlinux will check CapsLock and ScrollLock, so you can turn on either during POST and it'll still trip extlinux out of "hidden" state.
useful.
[How to fix Ubuntu's grub config]
That more or less matches my notes, however I prefer to throw away grub entirely and use the same bootloader I use on CDs, USB keys and PXE...
i don't see grub as being the problem. in fact, i like grub. the problem is misconfiguration of grub. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>