[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread James
Steven Lembark lembark at wrkhors.com writes: Solution that works for me: - Compile the kernel with everything built-in leaving modules for the few things that really need to be reloadable. Turn everything in the bloody thing off. This avoids the need for a kernel-specific

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: So if I do this, what will I have to do to keep the system booting. Nothing, I installed r7 on June 26th and the system just kept booting. You can run grub-install if you really want to, but as this is a patch level update to the same version,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread wraeth
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 08:36:51AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: could try it on. But it's a headless MythTV backend in the loft, so there will be fun and games if it doesn't boot. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say there will be _no_ fun and games if it doesn't boot? -- wraeth

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:54:31 -0400, Jonathan Callen wrote: The Gummiboot project is no longer maintained, it has been merged into systemd as systemd-boot (note that using any other part of Systemd should *not* be required to use systemd-boot, but I don't know for sure because I do not have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread wraeth
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:40:16AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:45:59 +1000, wraeth wrote: could try it on. But it's a headless MythTV backend in the loft, so there will be fun and games if it doesn't boot. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say there will be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:45:59 +1000, wraeth wrote: could try it on. But it's a headless MythTV backend in the loft, so there will be fun and games if it doesn't boot. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say there will be _no_ fun and games if it doesn't boot? Well, with no TV to watch, I'd

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: The don't use it, grub:0 still works just fine It's all working fine (atm). But changes are problematic, or at least they have been in the past I gave grub-2 a try earlier this week and once again couldn;t figure out how to install that

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
Alec Ten Harmsel alec at alectenharmsel.com writes: Grub-2.02_beta2-r3  wants to upgrade to grub-2.02_beta2-r7    It looks like he’s going from grub-2.02 to grub-2.02. I don’t think any action is necessary. Notice r3-- r7 Grub 2 can be a bear in sheep's clothing I know that for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Steven Lembark
Solution that works for me: - Compile the kernel with everything built-in leaving modules for the few things that really need to be reloadable. Turn everything in the bloody thing off. This avoids the need for a kernel-specific filestem in the initrd. - This since you don't need

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 16.07.2015 um 22:05 schrieb James: I spent days during early kernel upgrades getting grub2 happy. You only need to run `grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` after each kernel update. I'm using grub2 not for such a long time, but I made some kernel upgrades since I switched from grub-legacy

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
Jarry mr.jarry at gmail.com writes: I have similar setup as you and upgraded grub without any problem. If beta2-r3 worked for you, beta2-r7 will as well. If you did not disable /boot automount, there are no special steps needed. Portage will mount /boot, update grub, and dismound

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Jarry
On 16-Jul-15 22:08, James wrote: I have similar setup as you and upgraded grub without any problem. If beta2-r3 worked for you, beta2-r7 will as well. If you did not disable /boot automount, there are no special steps needed. Portage will mount /boot, update grub, and dismound afterwards...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:01:29 + (UTC), James wrote: I gave grub-2 a try earlier this week and once again couldn;t figure out how to install that mini-OS that bootstraps a boot loader which bootstraps a boot loader which loads code that loads a kernel. So back to grub:0 for me I do

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Jonathan Callen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2015-07-16 17:41, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:01:29 + (UTC), James wrote: I gave grub-2 a try earlier this week and once again couldn;t figure out how to install that mini-OS that bootstraps a boot loader which