Hi Bruce: Alex: I'm wondering if the above grub-1.99 is of the "Grub-1" variety
Bruce: No. That was grub-0.97 (grub-legacy). I don't think that ever advanced. Alex: I don't feel up to GRUB 2 yet. Bruce: I recommend using the version/procedures in LFS-7.3. The only issue on intel architecture would be /boot/grub/grub.cfg. If you want, we can discuss that. Alex: I think LFS-7.3 covers GRUB 2, which as I said I'm not interested (yet) for a few reasons: 1. My 'menu.lst' (i.e., the "grub.cfg" of grub-0.97) is shamefully simple ( ... root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/LFSkernel root=/dev/sda3). No 128 partitions like I see linux aficionados use nowadays (for example, thread "moving lfs", post 2013-03-20 19:04:23 GMT) Just one lousy primary partition (which works fine, to my amazement). No other stressful requirements of a "grub" now and in the foreseeable future. I'll stay with BLFS. 2. Obsolete and limited as the "legacy" grub might be, it has done a competent job on the other (520) "good" drive (including displaying the friggin' cursor when people need it). 3. There must exist (one would think) at least a patch of 0.97 (if not a full source release) which covers bug #28011 of 13 Nov 2009 that somebody reported to have been Fixed and Closed (!). Thank you very much for your help, -- Alex -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
