On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > On Thursday 05 May 2016 19:45:53 Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: > --->8 >> > I'm prefectly happy with grub-0.97, and want to continue >> > using it. If I let portage install grub:2, is it going to interfere >> > with my continued use of grub:0? >> > >> > Since grub-2.02 is being installed in a new slot, one would assume it >> > won't interfere with continue use of grub-0.97... >> > >> > Right? >> >> It will not interfere with grub legacy (0.97). > > Maybe not in the slot, but when it gets installed to the MBR it will > overwrite the 0.97 boot code there.
grub only gets installed in the MBR when you invoke grub-install or grub2-install. I assumed that Grant is intelligent not to run grub2-install on his system.
