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From: James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: About gcc-4.6 unmasking
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:59:10
Message-Id: m34nuj1c54.fsf@carbon.jhcloos.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: About gcc-4.6 unmasking by Ben
1 >>>>> "B" == Ben <yngwin@×××××.com> writes:
2
3 >> stabilizing Grub 2 ASAP is the sanest thing you can do, since even
4 >> though it's also beta software, it's at least maintained by upstream.
5
6 B> I would hesitate to say it's the *sanest* thing to do, but we should at
7 B> least get it into ~arch and make sure our documentation is up to date.
8
9 Actually, given grub2's crazy config, the real upgrade from grub1 is
10 sys-boot/syslinux's extlinux(1).
11
12 The configuration and operation styles are much more comfortable for
13 those who are familiar with grub1.
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15 It would make a better default for x86/amd64 than grub1 or grub2.
16
17 -JimC
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19 James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6

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[gentoo-dev] default to syslinux instead of grub, was Re: About gcc-4.6 unmasking "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>