#476349 please provide a '--quiet' option (or similar)

Package:
os-prober
Source:
os-prober
Description:
utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
Submitter:
Date:
2015-05-18 12:03:20 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#476349#5
Date:
2008-04-16 07:46:42 UTC
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To:
Package: os-prober
Version: 1.24
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

since grub-pc (>= 1.96+20080413-1) provides a wrapper script, that
interprets os-prober's output and adds other operating systems to the
grub menu, os-prober is allways run when 'update-grub' is run. It is
annoying to have the console flooded ech time by kernel messages
regarding os-prober's attempt to mount this or that partition. Will it
be possible to introduce a '--quiet' option or similar to os-prober
which will suppress these kernel messages?

Cheers,
Fabian
#476349#10
Date:
2008-04-16 18:36:38 UTC
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To:
Fabian Greffrath wrote:

The only way to supress kernel printks to the console is to write to
/proc/sys/kernel/printk. It is out of scope for os-proper to do that.

I wish that the grub people had talked to us before deciding to use
os-prober by default. This looks like an increasingly bad idea.
#476349#15
Date:
2008-04-17 06:38:10 UTC
From:
To:
Joey Hess schrieb:

Allright?


Huh, why? Could you please explain your concerns to us?