--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "dbneeley" <dbneeley@...> wrote:
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> Paul,
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> If a machine has "hundreds" of directories in /boot, something is definitely wrong.
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> Mine has two directories, and one of them only because I loaded burg on the machine to try it out. In addition, there is a total of eight additional files, including the Linux kernel itself.
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> Last I looked, many distros have a "custom install" option that allows you to use other boot loaders--even lilo, if you wish.
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> There is a graphical program called "startupmanager" that allows you to set the delay time for booting the default operating system--you can set that to a second (or possibly to zero, as I haven't tried that) on your system if you only run a single OS.
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> David
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <pfrederick1@> wrote:
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> > Several wasn't what I saw when I took a peek at a machine here that uses it. I saw hundreds of directories in /boot. It is something that I'm going to have to backtrack on eventually. Because whatever it does so special I don't need. All I ever run is one OS on any system I have. Whatever grub2 is designed for isn't how I operate.
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It boots up so nothing is "wrong".
Of course I can change it but being as it works I haven't bothered yet. If it gets in my way at some time I'll deal with it.
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