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On 10/04/2011 06:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk |
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> <mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk>> wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> > Subject line says it pretty well. Is grub2 stable, who uses it and can |
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>> > you post your experience on the switching process? Was it difficult? |
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>> I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a couple |
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>> of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switching process |
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>> as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good time |
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>> to get to grips with it. |
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>> GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different. If you |
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>> try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more problems than if |
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>> you approach is as learning a new system. |
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> Kind of tangential... |
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> Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going forward |
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> with grub2? |
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Grub2 is weird (coming from anything that isn't grub2), and if you mess |
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up the upgrade, you can't boot. |
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It's a support nightmare. |