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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 in portage
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:51:33
Message-Id: yu97gupu9oo.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 in portage by Todd Goodman
1 On Fri, Jun 29 2012, Todd Goodman wrote:
2
3 > * Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> [120629 14:53]:
4 >> Now that grub is slotted (slot:2 is grub2; slot:0 is legacy grub),
5 >> an update world will merge grub-2.00 along side my current
6 >> grub-0.97-r12.
7 >>
8 >> Am I correct in believing that, if I *do* the emerge but *not* do
9 >> anything else with grub, I will continue to use legacy grub (-0.97-r12)
10 >> whenever I boot?
11 >>
12 >> I realize I can add
13 >> sys-boot/grub:2
14 >> to package.mask
15 >>
16 >> thanks,
17 >> allan
18 >
19 > I believe that's the case. Until you run grub2-install you'll still run
20 > your old grub 0.92-r12.
21 >
22 > Make sure you do the step mentioned in the emerge output though and get
23 > grub:0 in your world file or else the next emerge --depclean will remove
24 > your grub-0.97-r12.
25
26 Thanks for the heads-up.
27 allan