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On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 11:02:21AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote |
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> On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:59:43 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > The nomenclature for partions 6 and 7 on the USB key will be (hd1,5) |
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> > and (hd1,6) respectively, as long as the USB key has been detected as |
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> > the 2nd drive on the PC (/dev/sdb). |
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> GRUB2 counts partitions from 1, but drives from 0 (a brilliant decision) |
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> so these would be (hd1,6) and (hd1,7). |
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> Why are you using GRUB now, does LILO not work on USB sticks? |
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Apparently, further development on LILO has ceased according to... |
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LILO-Bootloader-EOY |
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I don't need it NOW, but I do want to be ready for when I do run into a |
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situation that LILO can't handle. If I'm going to be playing around and |
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learning and possibly screwing up, I'd rather do it to a USB key install |
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than to a hard drive install. |
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I notice some comments that menu.lst is "legacy GRUB", and GRUB2 has |
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gone off the deep end with a ton of config files. Is syslinux/extlinux |
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still supported? I wonder if that might be simpler while still useful. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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