Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new installation (ssd, new udev, grub2)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:22:11
Message-Id: CA+czFiCfpK3o0MgrrHogyXzyNJ2BFQnVda9gPW9B6nkLJSLezg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new installation (ssd, new udev, grub2) by Neil Bothwick
1 On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:11:37 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
4 >
5 > > > I have one of those. But I decided to stick with traditional DOS
6 > > > partitioning style and grub instead of GPT and grub2.
7 > >
8 > > I am leaning toward traditional partitioning, but with grub2. Do those
9 > > two not mix well?
10 >
11 > GRUB2 works fine with MBR partition tables. But if you're starting from
12 > scratch, you may as well use GPT and get rid of the legacy MBR
13 > limitations and fragility.
14 >
15
16 I'm not dissing GPT...but what's fragile about MBR?
17
18 --
19 :wq

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] new installation (ssd, new udev, grub2) Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] new installation (ssd, new udev, grub2) Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>