From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted.
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:37:23 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D0105C3.4010401@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101209101920.fd3c138f.frank.peters@comcast.net>
Frank Peters wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
> Duncan<1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>> Stan Sander wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>> In addition to using grub-static, you will need to have the IA32
>>>> Emulation enabled in your kernel, else you won't be able to execute
>>>> grub at all. It's under file formats / Emulations in the menu.
>>>>
>> I think that's covered in the handbook, now, but posting's still good,
>> just in case it would have been overlooked. FWIW when I first switched to
>> no-multilib, before I did the 32-bit chroot thing, I tried turning off
>> that option in the kernel... and found I couldn't run... I think it was
>> lilo I was running at the time, properly, so it's definitely worth
>> remembering.
>>
>>
> Lilo doesn't need the kernel at all. I have IA32 turned off and I use
> lilo to boot. There is no problem.
>
> Unless there is some special requirement, most people probably use grub
> because of the "follow the leader" syndrome. Lilo is still quite effective
> and also quite simple. Fortunately, the Gentoo overlords have not removed
> lilo from the portage tree, but if they ever do, I will just compile it
> myself. Continuous change is not a law of the universe. Some methods
> never become obsolete (out of fashion perhaps, but fashion should never
> be the final guide).
>
> Frank Peters
>
>
No offense intended but I have used both lilo and grub. I used lilo
first and for me, it was a nightmare. Fixing even a small typo was
painful for me. I switched to grub and the difference was like flying
the space shuttle or riding a tri-cycle. Let's remove the computers
from the space shuttle just to make it as difficult.
I may have to use lilo one day but grub will be long dead and will not
compile on any rig I have.
Dale
:-) :-)
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Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-08 21:17 [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted Dale
2010-12-08 22:23 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 0:04 ` Dale
2010-12-09 2:13 ` Stan Sander
2010-12-09 4:51 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 5:32 ` Dale
2010-12-09 7:42 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 16:28 ` Dale
2010-12-09 19:55 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 5:13 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Dale
2010-12-09 8:53 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 10:04 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 15:19 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 16:37 ` Dale [this message]
2010-12-09 17:37 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 18:40 ` Dale
2010-12-09 16:39 ` Dale
2010-12-09 15:22 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Stan Sander
2010-12-09 16:42 ` Dale
2010-12-09 8:48 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 15:48 ` Dale
2010-12-10 12:09 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-08 22:58 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 0:08 ` Dale
2010-12-08 23:03 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 0:26 ` Dale
2010-12-09 1:13 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 5:29 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:48 ` Florian Philipp
2010-12-09 11:43 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 16:47 ` Dale
2010-12-09 11:58 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Paul Jewell
2010-12-09 14:09 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 15:13 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 16:53 ` Dale
2010-12-09 20:22 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 14:52 ` [gentoo-amd64] " J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 16:55 ` Dale
2010-12-09 18:03 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-10 12:34 ` Alex Alexander
2010-12-11 2:12 ` Dale
2010-12-09 15:27 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 16:26 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 17:04 ` Lie Ryan
2010-12-09 19:01 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 20:09 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 1:17 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 1:54 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 4:41 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 5:18 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Dale
2010-12-09 6:55 ` Thomas M
2010-12-09 7:26 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:36 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 4:13 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 6:11 ` Dale
2010-12-09 11:10 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 15:36 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 20:05 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 23:22 ` Dale
2010-12-10 12:54 ` Thanasis
2010-12-10 22:48 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 2:27 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Alex Schuster
2010-12-09 5:21 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:33 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 10:12 ` Florian Philipp
2010-12-09 11:18 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 17:03 ` Dale
2010-12-09 20:33 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 21:45 ` Alex Schuster
2010-12-09 23:28 ` Dale
2010-12-10 11:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-10 13:16 ` Dale
2010-12-09 10:06 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Stefan G. Weichinger
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