--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <pfrederick1@...> wrote:
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> --- 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".
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> 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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Just an update I'm on that machine now and having a look at /boot:
3 directories, 228 files
So it isn't hundreds of directories but actually files in it. /boot/grub is:
1 directory, 220 files
I guess the one other time I'd looked at it my brain recoiled in disgust so I misremembered the exact composition of the mess. I still think it is totally over the top for booting a machine up compared to what I am used to.
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