Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 08:46:58 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 01:14:48 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > > Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-23 21:32 (UTC-0500): > > ... > > > Apparently lack of EXT4 support in grub-legacy on Debian is > > > multifaceted > > > > Problem

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 01:14:48 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-23 21:32 (UTC-0500): > ... > > Apparently lack of EXT4 support in grub-legacy on Debian is multifaceted > > Problem continues in current incarnation of Stretch. Does bug #511121 not work for you? Or

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

David Wright composed on 2015-11-02 08:46 (UTC-0600): > On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 01:14:48 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: >> Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-23 21:32 (UTC-0500): >> ... >> > Apparently lack of EXT4 support in grub-legacy on Debian is >> > multifaceted >> Problem continues in

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-23 21:32 (UTC-0500): ... > Apparently lack of EXT4 support in grub-legacy on Debian is multifaceted Problem continues in current incarnation of Stretch. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

In article Curt wrote: > https://wiki.debian.org/Grub It seems that page is somewhat outdated/broken: 1. If I follow the "grub2 variants" link below "Up to Debian Lenny" I get "Error two or more packages specified (grub2 lenny)" 2. If I

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On 2015-10-26, Martin Str|mberg wrote: > In article Curt wrote: >> https://wiki.debian.org/Grub > > It seems that page is somewhat outdated/broken: > Well, it's a wiki, so wiki it.

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On 2015-10-24, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 24 October 2015 20:45:25 Brian wrote: >> On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 11:52:41 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > On Saturday 24 October 2015 10:13:51 Thomas Schmitt wrote: >> > > The name "GRUB1" seems to be an invention of users

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Sunday 25 October 2015 10:43:27 Curt wrote: > On 2015-10-24, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 24 October 2015 20:45:25 Brian wrote: > >> On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 11:52:41 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > On Saturday 24 October 2015 10:13:51 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >> > > The

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Sunday 25 October 2015 10:43:27 Curt wrote: > > On 2015-10-24, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Saturday 24 October 2015 20:45:25 Brian wrote: > > >> On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 11:52:41 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >> > On Saturday 24

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

moxalt writes: > Was there a similar outcry over GRUB superseding LILO as there was > over systemd superseding sysvinit? No. There was some grumbling but nothing depends on Grub so it is trivially easy to continue to use Lilo (as I do). -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:20:08 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 22:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > > > > > > To be pedantic: GRUB2 and GRUB1 don't exist in Debian. They don't really > > > exist under those

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Saturday 24 October 2015 20:45:25 Brian wrote: > On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 11:52:41 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 24 October 2015 10:13:51 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > The name "GRUB1" seems to be an invention of users discussing > > > the differences between both GRUBs. > > > > No. It

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 11:52:41 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 24 October 2015 10:13:51 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > The name "GRUB1" seems to be an invention of users discussing > > the differences between both GRUBs. > > No. It is its version number, to the nearest whole number.

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Hi, various people wrote: > ... > [GRUB, GRUB Legacy, GRUB1, GRUB2, GRUB-PC] Brian wrote: > > > It is a courtesy to use the names used by upstream. Upstream offers the current names "GRUB" = "GRUB 2" for versions above 1.0 and calls the old versions 0.XY "GRUB Legacy".

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 20:21:58 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:20:08PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 22:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > To be pedantic: GRUB2 and GRUB1 don't exist

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:20:08PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 22:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > > > > > > To be pedantic: GRUB2 and GRUB1 don't exist in Debian. They don't really > > > exist under those names on the GNU

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Saturday 24 October 2015 10:13:51 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > The name "GRUB1" seems to be an invention of users discussing > the differences between both GRUBs. No. It is its version number, to the nearest whole number. Lisi

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 19:02:29 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 23 October 2015 18:02:48 David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > > > > > In case I got the names wrong or muddled: > > > > > > Isn't that for GRUB2 not GRUB1? > > > > The oldest Grub I still have

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Thursday 22 October 2015 01:31:44 David Wright wrote: > Once you've installed grub with apt, you can then run grub-install to > actually install the grub configuration itself. Isn't that for GRUB-PC not GRUB-legacy? Lisi

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Friday 23 October 2015 17:15:50 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 22 October 2015 01:31:44 David Wright wrote: > > Once you've installed grub with apt, you can then run grub-install to > > actually install the grub configuration itself. > > Isn't that for GRUB-PC not GRUB-legacy? > > Lisi In

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Friday 23 October 2015 17:15:50 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 22 October 2015 01:31:44 David Wright wrote: > > > Once you've installed grub with apt, you can then run grub-install to > > > actually install the grub configuration itself. > > > >

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-21 18:02 (UTC-0400): > All my many installations are seriously multiboot, with typically no less > than 10 distro installations within a HD's first year of use, and upwards of > 30 partitions as HD warranty becomes a distant memory. > In order to Keep It

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-23 15:08 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata composed on 2015-10-21 18:02 (UTC-0400): >> All my many installations are seriously multiboot, with typically no less >> than 10 distro installations within a HD's first year of use, and upwards of >> 30 partitions as HD warranty

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 19:02:29 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 23 October 2015 18:02:48 David Wright wrote: > > > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > > > In case I got the names wrong or muddled: > > > > > > > > Isn't that for

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Friday 23 October 2015 23:20:08 Brian wrote: > On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 22:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > > > To be pedantic: GRUB2 and GRUB1 don't exist in Debian. They don't > > > really exist under those names on the GNU website either or in

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 22:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > > > > To be pedantic: GRUB2 and GRUB1 don't exist in Debian. They don't really > > exist under those names on the GNU website either or in the > > documentation. It is GRUB or GRUB-legacy.

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

On Friday 23 October 2015 18:02:48 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > On Friday 23 October 2015 17:15:50 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Thursday 22 October 2015 01:31:44 David Wright wrote: > > > > Once you've installed grub with apt, you can then run grub-install to

installing/using grub-legacy

All my many installations are seriously multiboot, with typically no less than 10 distro installations within a HD's first year of use, and upwards of 30 partitions as HD warranty becomes a distant memory. In order to Keep It (multiboot) Stupidly Simple, most booting here is via Grub 0.97.x. So

Re: installing/using grub-legacy

Quoting Felix Miata (mrma...@earthlink.net): > All my many installations are seriously multiboot, with typically no less > than 10 distro installations within a HD's first year of use, and upwards of > 30 partitions as HD warranty becomes a distant memory. > > In order to Keep It (multiboot)