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Re: Disable grub2 from writing to HDD
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko |
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Re: Disable grub2 from writing to HDD |
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Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:36:39 +0200 |
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Casey McGinty wrote:
> Thanks, I looked at it. But making the change you suggest is not
> clear. I only see where timeout is set to -1. How do you specify a
> boot target in this case?
default="<title>"
timeout=<number>
> Anyway, I think i'm set with the first suggestion.
>
> 2010/3/31 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <address@hidden
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>
> Casey McGinty wrote:
> > Allas, the data being written is "recordfail", which causes problems
> > on a headless system.
> >
> recordfail main use is exactly the headless system. Just default
> ubuntu
> on boot failure shows the menu but on headless you should make it
> point
> to surely working kernel. Have a look at /etc/grub.d/00_header
> > 2010/3/31 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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> >
> > Casey McGinty wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running a flash-based system w/ grub2. I do not want grub2
> > writing
> > > to my boot partition? How can I prevent the grubenv file
> from being
> > > written in any (and all) cases?
> > Just remove grubenv file. But I doubt a single (at most)
> write per
> > boot
> > would wear your flash in its lifetime even if you reboot
> every 10
> > minutes
> > > Thank you.
> > > Casey McGinty
> > >
> >
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