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01-02-2010, 03:31 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Villa Park, IL
Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10
Posts: 4
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Altering GRUB2
I have recently upgraded to GRUB2 and have noticed that the "howmany" feature is no longer available. I have read through drask's post http://www.linuxquestions.org/blog/d...r-grub-2-2466/ and tried to duplicate. I am getting an error when I run update-grub of:
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 228: GRUB_HOWMANY: not found.
Any ideas on how to fix this error?
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01-02-2010, 06:55 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
Posts: 21,340
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Haven't tried it, but when you added the GRUB_HOWMANY, did you add the backslash to what had been the (previous) last line.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-02-2010, 11:26 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: root
Distribution: Slackware & BSD
Posts: 1,669
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toomuchespresso,
Take note that in your reading there could have something that tells the truth: Grub2 is not a sequel to Grub1 (Legacy), it is a complete rewrite with completely different implementation. This means: you will need to learn new things under Grub2; while, the power you had under /boot/grub/menu.lst is no longer offered under Grub2.
My usual word to newbies: THERE IS NO NEED TO UPGRADE IF YOUR BOOTING IS GOOD under Legacy Grub (Grub1), unless you have enough time to Study closely Grub2 before you jump into it. However, newbies have more important things to give priority to, rather than modifying a software whose job is merely to pass Duty from Bios to Kernel --a job that is completed in only few seconds in any of your uptime.
The simplest solution is: deinstall Grub2 and reinstall Grub1. Then you can use your spare time learning more relevant topics in Linux, Bash, etc. that could be more productive for a new user.
Hope this helps.
Good luck.
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01-03-2010, 05:01 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Fedora40
Posts: 6,153
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deinstall Grub2 and reinstall Grub1
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But he's running ubuntu 9.10, which offers ext4 as a filesystem, which grub legacy cannot read.
The Ubuntu wiki page for grub2: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
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01-03-2010, 11:07 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Villa Park, IL
Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10
Posts: 4
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by syg00
Haven't tried it, but when you added the GRUB_HOWMANY, did you add the backslash to what had been the (previous) last line.
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Thanks!!! That did it.
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