You got my vote on it. People can still install legacy post OS install but the way forward is to add a chain loader for dual booters.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Praveen A <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/6/17 bipin kumar <[email protected]>: > > just out of curiosity, why is grub2 crap ? personally i ve never had > > any problems with grub2. > > in grub legacy dual boot or even multiple boots were not problematic, > because all you had to do was edit one configuration file. Now grub 2 > has magic built-in and it tries to detect other oses and totally > messes up the configuration. There is no single configuration file, > instead you have to write grub scripts!! There is no response to bugs > filed (not only this one, many critical bugs are open on grub 2 for a > long time). > > Some rant on the net on this topic > http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/stay-away-from-grub2/ > > Just go through the comments as well > > As an add on. my personal experience, to boot into Fedora, now I have > to enter grub shell and manually enter root, linux, and initrd lines > with all options _every_single_time I want to boot into Fedora. I tell > my friends it is a high security system :( If some one want to boot > into Fedora they need to know the logical volume name (which grub > can't tab complete). > > Probably it is doable, but I find it easier to just go to grub shell > and manually enter the details (I did try to mess up with the > configuration). > > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! > <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? > (as seen on /.) > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
