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On 29/08/2015 18:17, Michel Catudal wrote: |
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> Le 2015-08-28 07:24, Tom H a écrit : |
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>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Grant Edwards |
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>> <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On 2015-08-27, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Michel Catudal |
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>>>> <mcatudal@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>>>>> I've had serious problems in the past getting to to install on a |
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>>>>> partition |
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>>>>> and gave up. Is that bug fixed? It insists on installing on the MBR |
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>>>>> which is |
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>>>>> unacceptable. |
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>>>> It's not a bug, and it won't be "fixed". Installing on a partition is |
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>>>> simply not supported. |
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>>> So, grub2 refuses to share power and cooperate with another bootloader. |
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>>> Bill Gates would be pround. |
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>>> For those of us with multiple Linux installations on a disk, that's a |
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>>> pretty big reason to stick with grub-legacy. |
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>> You can boot multiple installations via grub2 with os-prober. |
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> You have to be able to boot the os that grub is installed on to be able |
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> to fix booting issues. If the OS that has control of grub2 is wacked you |
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> are screwed. |
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> At least with a bootloader that independant of any operating system and |
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> with a nice graphic interface it is a piece of cake to fix things since |
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> you do not ever lose your bootloader unless you let grub write on the |
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> MBR or on your bootloader partition. |
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> I know that you can boot on grub if it is not wiped but the interface is |
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> not friendly at all and if you do not remember the syntax you are |
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> screwed. Until grub becomes a nice real bootloader with a friendly user |
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> interface it cannot be allowed to be the sole controller of booting. |
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Michel PLEASE, get it now already, and stop cluttering up the list with |
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your spew. |
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DON'T LIKE GRUB? DON'T FUCKING USE IT. |
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Meanwhile the grub devs will continue to write the code they want to |
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write. You want them to do what you want? Pay them a salary, at market |
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rates. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |