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  1. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Thank you.

    Tim
  2. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Thanks very much for your reply, @drs305.

    So, since my 11.10 was the controlling owner of my prior grub2 configuration, why did the update-grub that was run when 12.04 kernel was upgraded mess up...
  3. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    I had a ton of grub2 confusion, this morning. Everything is sort of working, now, but I have no idea where I have ended up.

    My main installation is Ubuntu 11.10. I was controlling grub2 from it. I...
  4. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Ah, ok. I did make a backup script. Standard procedure. I had no idea it would be executed after I changed the file name.

    Thanks,
    Tim
  5. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Wait. It didn't exactly work perfectly. The result is usable, but a little strange.

    Instead of just creating the Arch boot command with nomodeset appended, for some reason it created two Arch boot...
  6. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Excellent. Thanks again!

    Tim

    PS - It worked, perfectly.
  7. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Thank you, drs305. I am going to closely look at the second method you suggested. Hopefully, I will be able to give it a try.

    Tim

    PS - I examined the script. Could I just append ' nomodeset'...
  8. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Thanks, @zika. Can I use that even if I'm using fglrx instead of the rafeon driver?

    For some reason, fglrx in Arch requires nomodeset, but in Ubuntu, it does not. Unless Ubuntu is doing something...
  9. Thread: Grub 2 Basics

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    Re: Grub 2 Basics

    Maybe this question has already been answered, but I can't read through 82 pages of posts to try to find it.

    I needed to set the nomodeset parameter for a second Linux on my PC. I prefer grub2...
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