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On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 6:27:14 PM Michel Catudal wrote: |
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> Le 2015-08-26 13:37, Fernando Rodriguez a écrit : |
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> > This may not be complete and some of these may be possible to some extent |
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with |
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> > legacy grub: |
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> > 1. Grub Legacy is 32-bit only, so you need 32-bit libraries or use grub- |
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> > static. Grub2 is portable, even beyond Intel architectures. |
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> > 2. Grub2 has been rewritten to be modular. Instead of Grub's stages model |
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it |
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> > uses a core image and a bunch of modules. |
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> > 3. EFI support without chainloading or other hacks. |
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> > 4. Better filesystem support. Including loopback devices. |
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> > 5. Graphics and theming support. |
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> > 6. Grub2's config file (the one it tells you not to edit manually) is |
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scriptable |
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> > using a shell-like script language. |
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> > 7. Password support for each entry. |
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> I've had serious problems in the past getting to to install on a partition |
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and gave up. Is that bug fixed? It insists on installing on the MBR which is |
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unacceptable. |
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Yes and no, at least it can be a pain. I remember running into that and got it |
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to work after several hours, unfortunately I forgot how. It may have been that |
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it writes to both the mbr and the partition so you can restore the old mbr and |
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still boot the partition. It also treats removable media and HDs different. |
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It's hard to remember because I tried so many things. |
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I think dd'ing the mbr to an image file and chainloading it worked but I did |
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something else in the end. Next time I go down that road I'll make sure to |
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document it. |
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Fernando Rodriguez |
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