Am 22.06.2010 21:22, schrieb Per-Erik Westerberg: > tis 2010-06-22 klockan 12:15 -0700 skrev walt: >> On 06/22/2010 11:44 AM, Dale wrote: >>> Tanstaafl wrote: >>>> On 2010-06-18 12:17 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >>>>> And finally, don't even mention how braindead the "new" improved >>>>> grub is. I wonder how anyone can feel that having to write six >>>>> paragraphs> in some one-off bash-like language, which needs to be >>>>> debugged, is better than four lines in a config file. >>>> This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask... >>>> >>>> Since I have no desire to experience this new 'improved' GRUB, but don't >>>> like LILO - how long will it be before I'll be forced to make a choice? >>>> Meaning, how long will legacy GRUB still be supported? >>>> >>> >>> If I read the home page correctly, they are not really doing much more than >>> bug fixes on the old grub. That was my reading at least. I'm dreading that >>> day too. I sort of like my old grub. I started on lilo and grub has >>> seriously grown on me. I'll switch >>> to the new grub tho. I have NO plans to go back to lilo. None whatsoever ! ! >> >> IIUC the change will be forced by mobo manufacturers when they adopt the >> newer partition tables and boot/BIOS methods . They have catchy acronyms >> that I can't remember, naturally, but we've all seen them discussed in this >> group from time to time. Don't buy new mobos and you can stick to old grub. >> >> > > Is there a GRUB to GRUB2 migration guide somewhere in the Gentoo > Documentation? > > BR / P-E
I did it 2 weeks ago with lil help of: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub2 And I didn't use the multislot, that was unnecessary, since os-prober is working perfectly. Kind regards, der Max -- Maximilian Bräutigam max-br...@gmx.de GPG key-id F9E42811 http://www.jcf.uni-jena.de
