Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1
On Thursday 14 June 2018 05:00:34 Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> On 06/11/2018 04:42 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Monday 11 June 2018 06:40:41 Mirko Parthey wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 04:44:16PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> and 3: to treat the grub install as if there are no other drives
> >>> hooked up. I don't need grub to fill half the boot screen with
> >>> data from the other drives.
> >>
> >> Once your Debian installation is finished, put this in
> >> /etc/default/grub: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
> >>
> >> Then run
> >> update-grub
> >> to remove the unwanted entries from your grub menu.
> >>
> >> The Grub info documentation describes it as follows:
> >> 'GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER'
> >> Normally, 'grub-mkconfig' will try to use the external
> >> 'os-prober' program, if installed, to discover other operating
> >> systems installed on the same system and generate appropriate menu
> >> entries for them. Set this option to 'true' to disable this.
> >>
> >> Disconnecting disks while installing Debian can help avoid
> >> mistakes. However, it does not permanently suppress the boot menu
> >> entries referring to other OS installations.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Mirko
> >
> > Thanks Mirko, that will be handy.
>
> #3 problem, have you looked to see if you can remove drives in your
> BIOS, if you can you won't need to crack your case.
>
The sides have been off this huge tower for a decade. Easier to do a
dusting and cleaning, and helps with the heat trapping. So "cracking the
case" isn't a big deal, its already cracked wide open.
> Cheers,
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