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On Thursday 09 December 2010 06:13:21 Dale wrote: |
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> Stan Sander wrote: |
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> > Wednesday 08 December 2010 |
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> > |
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> >>> One thing that I think some folks (me included) do that differs from |
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> >>> the guide (at least the last time I read it) is to use grub-static |
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> >>> instead of grub. I suspect that's because it's 32-bit and more |
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> >>> compatible. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Other than that I can't think of anything I do differently. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Best of luck with the new install. I'm sure it will go great. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Cheers, |
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> >>> Mark |
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> >> |
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> >> Thanks. I wasn't aware of that. I made a note of it. I certainly |
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> >> don't want that to mess up. lol |
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> >> |
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> >> Dale |
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> >> |
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> >> :-) :-) |
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> > |
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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 grub |
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> > at all. It's under file formats / Emulations in the menu. |
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> Glad you posted this. I looked at the USE flags for grub not a package |
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> called grub-static. That seems to be two different beasts. I never |
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> knew that package existed. Would emerging the plain grub with the |
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> static USE flag give the same results? I would think not else they |
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> would just have one package but am curious just the same. |
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> Thanks. |
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> |
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> Dale |
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> |
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> :-) :-) |
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FYI: |
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[U] sys-boot/grub |
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Available versions: |
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(0) *0.92-r1 0.94-r1 0.96-r1 0.96-r2 ~0.96-r3 ~0.97 0.97-r2 0.97- |
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r3 0.97-r4 0.97-r5 0.97-r6 ~0.97-r8 0.97-r9 ~0.97-r9[9] 0.97-r10 ~0.97-r12[4] |
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0.97-r22[6] ~0.97-r90[5] **1.96[2] 1.97-r1[7] ~1.97-r2322[9] ~1.97.2-r1[6] |
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~1.97.2-r2[6] **1.98 ~1.98-r7[6] ~1.98-r8[6] **9999 **9999[2] ~9999[7] |
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~9999!s[8] |
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(2) ~1.97.2[1] ~1.97.2[3] |
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{amd64 custom-cflags (+)debug efi efiemu multilib multislot ncurses |
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netboot nls static truetype usb} |
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Installed versions: 0.97-r10(05:22:15 PM 11/22/2010)(ncurses -custom- |
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cflags -netboot -static) |
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Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ |
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Description: GNU GRUB 2 boot loader |
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I use the "standard" grub with the default USE-flags and it works here. |
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Unless I have a really strange setup, I don't think using "static" for grub is |
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needed anymore. |
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