Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: caneko@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:59:18
Message-Id: 20120625225717.0cde0db3@dartworks.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller. by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 Re 4FE7F195.4090708@×××××.com4FE7F195.4090708@×××××.com, Canek Peláez
2 Valdés said:
3 > Either wait for its documentation and tools to mature (i.e., when they
4 > finally hit the 2.0 version), or wait for something else to handle the
5 > future of Linux boot loader. Meanwhile, if you don't use UEFI, you
6 > really don't need GRUB2. So stick to grub-legacy.
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9 Don't overlook syslinux/extlinux. I use those and am quite happy with
10 it.
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12 Also, on UEFI systems and recent linux kernels you can just use the EFI
13 bios and a kernel compiled to act as an EFI application. This
14 eliminates the need for a middle layer boot loader altogether.
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