Re: lilo about to be dropped?
On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:24:54AM -0500, William Pitcock <nenolod@sacredspiral.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 16:17 +0200, Harald Braumann wrote:
> > You can't specify boot options per entry (there's only a global option
> > in /etc/default grub, that applies to all entries).
>
> Sure you can, just don't use update-grub(1) and update it yourself
> instead. Same as lilo, really.
Even with update-grub, you can:
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
This suits most needs.
Mike
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