Installing BURG

[newb85]

So, I want to install BURG according to the directions at http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-install-burg-in-ubuntu/. The directions are a little unclear at one point. They say to

 sudo burg-install "(hd0)"

and say

Remember to substitute ‘hd0′ with the drive on which your MBR is installed.

Now, if drives are assigned letters (e.g., sda, sdb, etc.) and partitions are assigned numbers (e.g., sda1, sda2, sdb1, etc.), what exactly should I be substituting for 'hd0'?

[cortman]

So, I want to install BURG according to the directions at http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-install-burg-in-ubuntu/. The directions are a little unclear at one point. They say to

 sudo burg-install "(hd0)"

and say

Now, if drives are assigned letters (e.g., sda, sdb, etc.) and partitions are assigned numbers (e.g., sda1, sda2, sdb1, etc.), what exactly should I be substituting for 'hd0'?

If it's your primary drive, it's probably /dev/sda. No number (which would indicate a partition).
But I would advise against installing burg- its concept is very cool, but in reality its a bit sub-par, and the project appears to be dead (last update to the mailing list was 2 years ago).
Try the grub-customizer instead.

[2F4U]

If you read the comments, someone ask almost the same question as you do. The answer is to replace "hd0" with "/dev/sda", given that /dev/sda is the disc where the MBR is installed.

[newb85]

If you read the comments, someone ask almost the same question as you do. The answer is to replace "hd0" with "/dev/sda", given that /dev/sda is the disc where the MBR is installed.

Thanks! I probably should have read the comments more carefully.

[newb85]

If it's your primary drive, it's probably /dev/sda. No number (which would indicate a partition).
But I would advise against installing burg- its concept is very cool, but in reality its a bit sub-par, and the project appears to be dead (last update to the mailing list was 2 years ago).
Try the grub-customizer instead.

Thanks for the advice. I don't usually like jumping onto dead projects. How exactly is it "sub-par"?

I've tried grub-customizer, and wasn't overly impressed. It works great for controlling the displayed entries, playing with colors, and adding a background image, and not much else. Playing with fonts never yielded the fonts I selected, and rendered several characters as ?'s.

[cortman]

Thanks for the advice. I don't usually like jumping onto dead projects. How exactly is it "sub-par"?

I've tried grub-customizer, and wasn't overly impressed. It works great for controlling the displayed entries, playing with colors, and adding a background image, and not much else. Playing with fonts never yielded the fonts I selected, and rendered several characters as ?'s.

It doesn't do resolution correctly. Maximum is something like 1280x1024 (IIRC), which looks bad with widescreens.

[newb85]

I'm befuddled. I tried following the directions, and apparently, the PPA didn't add correctly.

E: Unable to locate package burg
E: Unable to locate package burg-themes

Now, when I try to use add-apt-repository to remove it again,

Error: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu precise main' doesn't exist in a sourcelist file
Error: 'deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu precise main' doesn't exist in a sourcelist file

This is really odd, since I can still go to /etc/apt/sources.list.d and find a file n-muench-burg-precise.list, which contains

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu precise main

I noticed that the lines are commented out. I tried uncommenting them, but that didn't seem to change anything.

[cortman]

I'm befuddled. I tried following the directions, and apparently, the PPA didn't add correctly.



Now, when I try to use add-apt-repository to remove it again,



This is really odd, since I can still go to /etc/apt/sources.list.d and find a file n-muench-burg-precise.list, which contains

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu precise main

I noticed that the lines are commented out. I tried uncommenting them, but that didn't seem to change anything.

Did you run

sudo apt-get update

between adding the PPA and trying to install burg?

[newb85]

Did you run

sudo apt-get update

between adding the PPA and trying to install burg?

Boy, do I feel sheepish.

Initially, I did run apt-get update. However, after I discovered that the file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d was all commented out, I un-commented it, but didn't apt-get update again.

That did the trick.

Anyone know why add-apt-repository left the file commented out like that?

[newb85]

@cortman,
Perhaps I should have heeded your advice and steered clear of burg.

I could live with the resolution, but I'm not sure how to fix two things:
Icons - The Ubuntu Icon is loaded for Lubuntu, and a question mark is used for Peppermint. Is it using a set of icons made specifically for burg?
List - The list currently has too many entries for Ubuntu. This problem actually occurred in the normal GRUB, but I hoped (foolishly) that it would go away when I installed burg.