Grub Sucks!

/ mykellyanne

Hi,

You know what Grub really sucks.  Just when you think you have your linux setup exactly the way you want it then it just drops a bomb on you. Today I was supposed to finish setting up my system to do some programming.

I woke up at 4:18 this morning. This was part of some of the new habits I am trying to pick for 2018. I got through my reading of news stories, did some meditation and started to copy the files necessary to continue my setup. I was running on battery so along the way the system hibernated to save battery power. After that I wasnt able to get my laptop running. I tried fixing the boot loader, still not working then I tried to re install the OS and now the OS fails to install Grub. This is so frustrating. All the plans I had for the day are thrown out of the window. Now I have to spend time to learn and study how to completely remove grub and learn how to fix it when it goes bad. From my little experience with GRUB that is a messy job. I have tried a total of 10 installations all have failed to install GRUB.

So it means that tomorrows list of activities will be

  1. To learn how to manipulate GRUB.
  2. Remove grub completely from my laptop.
  3. Prepare garden for creation of compost heap.
  4. Reinstall OS on laptop.

If I get all these top priority tasks done early, then I will move on to adding the following

  1. Setup software for programming
  2. Complete simple program in Java.

 

If you watched the video I posted on yesterdays post you will notice that the one advantage that all the participants gave about waking up early was the number of tasks they could complete before their usual wake time. I noticed the same thing I had done so much before 6 am I couldn’t wait to do it again. So I will be doing the same tomorrow. I will also be taking my weight loss seriously. I need some more discipline in my diet. I have been eating late too often and that will be where I start.

I will end here by repeating that GRUB really, really sucks. I never have issues with the boot loader on any windows installation but Linux always seems to mess things up. And fixing it is always a messy job.

So I end here I wont let this stop me from getting work done. Tomorrow will be very successful and productive.

XOXO

 

2 thoughts on “Grub Sucks!”

  1. hi, i used to get that sucks grub error too. There is always problem on booting after installation for distro like debian, ubuntu, fedora, linux mint, kali linux, etc…. I tried all of that in the past with different method and solutions. Now the only distro that I know have no problem in grub petspective is ArchLinux and AlpineLinux, I don’t know why other distro’s grub sucks. Is it because they use an older version?, By the with ArchLinux you can choose not to use GRUB(even though it works in ArchLinux).. uou can choose other type of bootloader that doesn’t sucks, most ArchLinux based distro like Parabola and ArtixLinux have no problem on GRUB, it just that those other distro that still using the sucks version of GRUB, btw i use Arch, bye

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    • Thanks for the comment. I plan on giving ArchLinux a try. Initially I thought it would be a much more complex experience but now that I am really comfortable with linux I think try distros like ArchLinux will be well worth the experience.

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