Grub manpage / info / documentation

[pwabrahams]

The manpage for the grub bootloader is quite sketchy, but it says to see the info file for more details using the info grub command. However, the info file for grub does not seem to be available in Edgy 6.10, the version I'm running. How can I obtain it -- or for that matter, obtain other info files that are out there?

[jankushka]

Re: Grub manpage / info / documentation

install the *-doc packages, i guess...
hth

[pwabrahams]

Re: Grub manpage / info / documentation

install the *-doc packages, i guess...

How do I do that? For that matter, how can I find out what packages are available for installation, particularly on the distribution DVD, and explore them in an organized way? I'm used to Yast in OpenSuSE, which provides a number of ways of doing it.

[jankushka]

Re: Grub manpage / info / documentation

with x/k/ubuntu you typically install the base system (pretty small footprint) from the desktop cd.
you can then network install/upgrade whatever is available in the repositories.
kubuntu provides a gui called "adept", which you find under K->system.
i don't like that interface and always use gnome's default gui, which is "synaptic".
both interfaces will allow you to configure access to either network or local (i.e. cd, dvd) repositories.
you may un/comment them according to your needs/likings
x/k/ubuntu then has an applet that pops up in your system tray when upgrades are available for installation.
here's my /etc/apt/sources.list for your ref:

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 6.10 _Edgy Eft_ - Release i386 (20061025)]/ edgy main restricted
deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/[/url] edgy main

- ch. is the prefix for the swiss mirrors and varies depending on where you are
- cdrom is commented out
- this is the actual configuration file, which can be managed graphically using the above mentioned guis

hth
cheers

[Rog131]

Re: Grub manpage / info / documentation

For grub:
GNU GRUB Wiki (http://grub.enbug.org/)
GNU GRUB Manual 0.97 (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html)

About sources.list
Ubuntu sources.list generator (http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic/)

With this generator you can create your own custom sources.list from various available sources. It takes only two simple steps...

Enabling Extra Repositories
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources

Ubuntu packages (http://packages.ubuntu.com/)

This site provides you with information about all the packages available in the Ubuntu archive. It is generated with slightly modified scripts from packages.debian.org.

[totoymola]

Re: Grub manpage / info / documentation

I want to learn how to tweak grub too. The grub menu in opensuse is loveley.