Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Legacy GRUB vs GRUB2

[Maximilian Bräutigam]

Am 22.06.2010 21:22, schrieb Per-Erik Westerberg:
> tis 2010-06-22 klockan 12:15 -0700 skrev walt:
>> On 06/22/2010 11:44 AM, Dale wrote:
>>> Tanstaafl wrote:
>>>> On 2010-06-18 12:17 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
>>>>> And finally, don't even mention how braindead the "new" improved
>>>>> grub is. I wonder how anyone can feel that having to write six
>>>>> paragraphs> in some one-off bash-like language, which needs to be
>>>>> debugged, is better than four lines in a config file.
>>>> This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask...
>>>>
>>>> Since I have no desire to experience this new 'improved' GRUB, but don't
>>>> like LILO - how long will it be before I'll be forced to make a choice?
>>>> Meaning, how long will legacy GRUB still be supported?
>>>>
>>>
>>> If I read the home page correctly, they are not really doing much more than bug fixes on the old grub. That was my reading at least. I'm dreading that day too. I sort of like my old grub. I started on lilo and grub has seriously grown on me. I'll switch
>>> to the new grub tho. I have NO plans to go back to lilo. None whatsoever ! !
>>
>> IIUC the change will be forced by mobo manufacturers when they adopt the
>> newer partition tables and boot/BIOS methods .  They have catchy acronyms
>> that I can't remember, naturally, but we've all seen them discussed in this
>> group from time to time.  Don't buy new mobos and you can stick to old grub.
>>
>>
>
> Is there a GRUB to GRUB2 migration guide somewhere in the Gentoo
> Documentation?
>
>   BR / P-E

I did it 2 weeks ago with lil help of:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub2

And I didn't use the multislot, that was unnecessary, since os-prober is
working perfectly.

Kind regards,
der Max
-- 
Maximilian Bräutigam
max-braeu@×××.de
GPG key-id F9E42811

http://www.jcf.uni-jena.de