Re: [info] grub2
On 20100710_155720, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Paul E Condon
> <pecondon@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
> > On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camale?n wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>> But it have been desiderable to name it "GRUB2" or something like that
> >> >>> to prevent old GRUB users to be more confused than they are now with 2
> >> >>> GRUBs in play :-)
> >> >>
> >> >> This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far as gnu is
> >> >> concerned, there must only be one grub...
> >> >
> >> > How bad! :-(
> >> >
> >> > There are still people using Grub legacy and online manual is very useful
> >> > (i.e., for pointing someone to a specific paragraph or give it a quick
> >> > review).
> >>
> >> True. You can still access the google-cache of the grub1 manual.
> >
> > How long will the google-cache of this information be available?
> > Things in Debian don't move on google/internet time, IMHO. They are
> > generally much slower. Some people will still be struggling with
> > systems that use the older versions long after Google had given them
> > much lower status.
> >
> > In order to help those who are stragglers in the rush to the future,
> > it would be nice if you could put a hotlink to the GRUB Legacy manual,
> > which is archived at gnu.org directly after its first mention (which
> > is in the History section of your document)
>
> I seem to have given you the impression that I am affiliated with gnu
> or grub; I'm not; I'm sorry.
>
> I stumbled upon the link that I posted earlier because I followed my
> bookmarked link to the grub1 manual and landed on the grub2 manual...
>
> I have just tried the same search and am unable to find the same
> cached document.
>
> The only grub legacy pages that I can find on gnu.org are:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-support.en.html
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy.en.html
>
> The first has the following at the top:
> 'You can browse the documentation of GNU GRUB by "info grub" on your
> shell prompt (or use your favorite Info browser, if you don't like
> info).'
>
> Strange decision...
I'm sorry for my misunderstanding of your relationship to this
wierdness. And thanks for your added information that access to the
old docs is decaying as we speak. Not good, IMHO.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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