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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:58:02
Message-Id: 4E8B0296.8080005@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? by Pandu Poluan
1 On 10/04/2011 06:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 >
3 > On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk
4 > <mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk>> wrote:
5 >>
6 >> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote:
7 >>
8 >> > Subject line says it pretty well. Is grub2 stable, who uses it and can
9 >> > you post your experience on the switching process? Was it difficult?
10 >>
11 >> I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a couple
12 >> of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switching process
13 >> as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good time
14 >> to get to grips with it.
15 >>
16 >> GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different. If you
17 >> try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more problems than if
18 >> you approach is as learning a new system.
19 >>
20 >
21 > Kind of tangential...
22 >
23 > Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going forward
24 > with grub2?
25
26 Grub2 is weird (coming from anything that isn't grub2), and if you mess
27 up the upgrade, you can't boot.
28
29 It's a support nightmare.

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