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On 2011-12-05, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> You can only have one primary bootloader, either grub from Gentoo or |
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>> grub2 from Mint, it cannot be both. But it looks like that's what you |
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>> do have. Seeing as you intend to drop Mint eventually, you must |
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>> uninstall grub2 and all it's files from Mint. |
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> Not *exactly* true. |
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It is for the usual definition of "primary bootloader" as the one that |
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is loaded and run by the BIOS. |
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> Grub can chainload any bootloader that's visible to BIOS. At minimum, |
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> that means you could have grub on /dev/sda |
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(primary bootloader) |
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> chainload grub on /dev/sdb |
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(secondary bootloader). |
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> I'm uncertain if it means you could chainload a bootloader stored in |
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> the first 512 bytes of /dev/sda8, but I suspect so. |
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You're right, you can. Though to get grub2 to install on a partition |
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like /dev/sda8 instead of in the MBR you have to use the --force |
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option or you'll get some incomprehensable error message when you try |
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to do the 'setup' command. |
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