Re: Grub-devel Digest, Vol 65, Issue 17

[Battail Yannick]

>> > With LUA, we can have a more user friendly interface. I like way rEFIt
>> > works, it doesn't require configuration. At runtime, it detects os and
>> > shows an icon for each of them. We can achieve similar goal using lua.
>> > Of course, advanced user can write the menu manually, but for most
>> > user, a smart auto-generated menu may be more appealing.
>>
>> But we have grub-mkconfig for that.  This is what distributions shipping
>> GRUB are using.
>
> That's what distributions shipping GRUB2 are using.  Fedora is totally
> unaware of grub-mkconfig, so I have to rerun it every time I install a
> new kernel.
>
> grub-mkconfig won't pick up all filesystems, mounted and unmounted.
> Processing unmounted filesystem would require a binary with GRUB
> filesystem code linked into it, perhaps grub-fstest or a separate
> binary.
>
> And let's not forget about recovery disks.  That's where lua would
> really shine.
>

os-detecte is a good idea:
I have an external hard drive with an ubuntu on it.
When I plug it, thanks to os-detect, I dont have to boot the OS in my
internal drive
and run grub-mkconfig
I just choose the good line in the menu