Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-19 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 07/17/2014 03:33 PM, Edward Diener wrote: The grub2 boot loader is installed in a /boot partition in my Fedora 20 installation and works properly. But I do create 1 GB boot partitions and maybe most people do not use as much space for their boot partition as I do. From last 1-2

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 1:05 AM, Edward Diener wrote: On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a drive. How does one do

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 06:37 AM, Edward Diener wrote: Not choosing a bootloader did not work. Without the ability to tell the CedntOS7 installation to install its bootloader in my /boot partition, I cannot use CentOS7. For me the CentOS7 developers have really messed up. File a bug with Red Hat's

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:05:01AM -0400, Edward Diener wrote: On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 9:01 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:05:01AM -0400, Edward Diener wrote: On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 8:40 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 07/17/2014 06:37 AM, Edward Diener wrote: Not choosing a bootloader did not work. Without the ability to tell the CedntOS7 installation to install its bootloader in my /boot partition, I cannot use CentOS7. For me the CentOS7 developers have really

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 09:33 AM, Edward Diener wrote: ... The grub2 boot loader is installed in a /boot partition in my Fedora 20 installation and works properly. ... Fedora is not CentOS; upstream's take would likely be, 'while it may be good enough for Fedora, this is an Enterprise Linux, not

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 7/17/2014 6:38 AM, Edward Diener wrote: There is other discussion around the web on this issue for GRUB2 (which is where the issue lies). The core is that GRUB2 is quite a bit larger than GRUB 1, and thus it may or may not be safe to install to a partition. I am a programmer myself. Gee

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 2:27 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 7/17/2014 6:38 AM, Edward Diener wrote: There is other discussion around the web on this issue for GRUB2 (which is where the issue lies). The core is that GRUB2 is quite a bit larger than GRUB 1, and thus it may or may not be safe to install to a

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the partition in which grub2 is installed and either tell the end-user it can or cannot be done. Things like it's

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the partition in which grub2 is installed and either tell the end-user it can or cannot be done. For more on this

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 07/17/2014 04:05 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the partition in which grub2 is installed and either tell the end-user it

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-16 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? See:

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-16 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? See:

[CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-15 Thread Edward Diener
I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org