On Friday 07 Jul 2017 11:49:11 Harry Putnam wrote: > Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> writes: > > [...] > > > If you want to use the new version to boot your system, you should > > re-run grub-install, which will copy the modules to /boot/grub and > > will install the core image to your MBR or EFI system partition. > > Thanks for the info. > > I don't know what the update was but since its easy enough to run > `grub-install /dev/sda' and I guess also run > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > Anyway, I did those two things... just being on the safe side.
As has already stated you could stay put with your old version, provided you have no specific reason to stop using it. GRUB2 can be installed and left unused. I guess from a usability perspective as long as you have no need to employ GRUB2's new functionality/features, main difference between GRUB legacy and GRUB2 can be boiled down to what you need to do each time you install a new kernel. With GRUB legacy you edit on your own your /boot/grub/grub.conf to add the name and version of your newly installed kernel and initrd (if you use one of these). With GRUB2 you run a single command line and leave it to GRUB2's scripts to scan your boot and other drives, discover their contents and auto-complete /boot/grub/grub.cfg. -- Regards, Mick
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