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On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:04:52 +0000 (UTC) |
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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > Stan Sander wrote: |
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> >> In addition to using grub-static, you will need to have the IA32 |
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> >> Emulation enabled in your kernel, else you won't be able to execute |
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> >> grub at all. It's under file formats / Emulations in the menu. |
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> I think that's covered in the handbook, now, but posting's still good, |
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> just in case it would have been overlooked. FWIW when I first switched to |
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> no-multilib, before I did the 32-bit chroot thing, I tried turning off |
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> that option in the kernel... and found I couldn't run... I think it was |
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> lilo I was running at the time, properly, so it's definitely worth |
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> remembering. |
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Lilo doesn't need the kernel at all. I have IA32 turned off and I use |
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lilo to boot. There is no problem. |
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Unless there is some special requirement, most people probably use grub |
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because of the "follow the leader" syndrome. Lilo is still quite effective |
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and also quite simple. Fortunately, the Gentoo overlords have not removed |
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lilo from the portage tree, but if they ever do, I will just compile it |
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myself. Continuous change is not a law of the universe. Some methods |
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never become obsolete (out of fashion perhaps, but fashion should never |
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be the final guide). |
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Frank Peters |
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