On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:47:54 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Understood, and thanks Mike, I really look forward to reading whatever
> you can provide. I realize that I'm gonna have to take this plunge
> eventually, and would rather not wait until I'm forced to...
That was my feeling a year or so ago.
On 2012-02-15 9:37 AM, m...@trausch.us wrote:
On 02/15/2012 07:19 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
What I would prefer is a detailed yet simple 'How-To' aimed at the
average user rather than the hacker (in other words, don't assume I can
read code/scripts and understand all or even some of what is happenin
On 02/15/2012 07:19 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> What I would prefer is a detailed yet simple 'How-To' aimed at the
> average user rather than the hacker (in other words, don't assume I can
> read code/scripts and understand all or even some of what is happening)
> or write my own scripts, etc...
>
> Al
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2012-02-14 6:19 PM, m...@trausch.us wrote:
>>
>> If you're interested, I can detail a history for you, and explain why
>> GRUB 1 was discontinued and why the whole thing was restructured in
>> detail. I can't right now, as I am about to get
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:19:47 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
> What I would prefer is a detailed yet simple 'How-To' aimed at the
> average user rather than the hacker (in other words, don't assume I can
> read code/scripts and understand all or even some of what is happening)
> or write my own scripts
On 2012-02-14 6:19 PM, m...@trausch.us wrote:
If you're interested, I can detail a history for you, and explain why
GRUB 1 was discontinued and why the whole thing was restructured in
detail. I can't right now, as I am about to get on a conference call,
but I can certainly do so later tonight o
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:29:26PM +0100, Andrea Conti wrote:
> > PS: If you know how to get rid of any background image, could you
> > say how?
>
> Remove or comment out any "splashimage" directives from the config file.
>
> ***
>
> Re grub2: as long as grub0 works, I really don't care if grub2
On 02/14/2012 06:47 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
> FYI Gentoo's GRUB 0.9x in portage has supported GPT for at least 2 or
> 3 years now. I'm using it with GPT partitions and my systems all boot.
> :)
Not all distributions do. I have been running GPT for quite some time,
while I only switched to Gentoo
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:52 PM, m...@trausch.us wrote:
> It also supports partition schemes other than MBR, which is useful
> since I use GPT on my systems.
FYI Gentoo's GRUB 0.9x in portage has supported GPT for at least 2 or
3 years now. I'm using it with GPT partitions and my systems all boo
On 02/14/2012 03:57 PM, LK wrote:
> First, why do we need that much code?
First, are you talking about source or binary code?
If you're talking about source code, then realize this: Not all that
source is even compiled on your system.
As to the source that *is* compiled on your system, there is
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:29:26 +0100, Andrea Conti wrote:
> I don't need a freakin' whole OS to boot linux, and having a
> configuration that is so convoluted that it *has to* be generated by
> running a set of scripts makes no sense at all.
No it doesn't. so thankfully, outside of your FUD, this i
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:57:03 +0100, LK wrote:
> > I'm not sure how that translates to being more complex. If you are
> > averse to change, just say so and be done with it. Is it different?
> > Oh, yes, absolutely. It couldn't be better if it were the same, could
> > it? ;-)
> First, why do w
On 120214, at 21:42, m...@trausch.us wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 02:29 PM, Andrea Conti wrote:
>> Re grub2: as long as grub0 works, I really don't care if grub2 is
>> better, cleaner, shinier, more modern or anything else.
>>
>> I don't need a freakin' whole OS to boot linux, and having a
>> configur
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:35 PM, m...@trausch.us wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 02:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
>> A detailed elaboration would be nice.
>>
>> A contrasting migration guide, complete with the how's, where's and
>> why's would be awesome. (Once one's invested in understanding a tool,
>> a 1-2-
On 02/14/2012 02:29 PM, Andrea Conti wrote:
> Re grub2: as long as grub0 works, I really don't care if grub2 is
> better, cleaner, shinier, more modern or anything else.
>
> I don't need a freakin' whole OS to boot linux, and having a
> configuration that is so convoluted that it *has to* be gener
On 02/14/2012 02:04 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
> A detailed elaboration would be nice.
>
> A contrasting migration guide, complete with the how's, where's and
> why's would be awesome. (Once one's invested in understanding a tool,
> a 1-2-3-itsmagic walkthrough is very discomforting.)
While there are
> PS: If you know how to get rid of any background image, could you
> say how?
Remove or comment out any "splashimage" directives from the config file.
***
Re grub2: as long as grub0 works, I really don't care if grub2 is
better, cleaner, shinier, more modern or anything else.
I don't need a fr
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:52 PM, m...@trausch.us wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 01:40 PM, LK wrote:
>>
>> On 120214, at 19:24, m...@trausch.us wrote:
>>> On 02/14/2012 01:08 PM, LK wrote:
BTW: So is grub0 still supported by gentoo / maintained by themselves?
Does that matter(it is boot, no netwo
On 02/14/2012 01:40 PM, LK wrote:
>
> On 120214, at 19:24, m...@trausch.us wrote:
>> On 02/14/2012 01:08 PM, LK wrote:
>>> BTW: So is grub0 still supported by gentoo / maintained by themselves?
>>> Does that matter(it is boot, no network stuff) ?
>> GRUB Legacy (that is, GRUB versions 0.xx) is sti
On Feb 14, 2012 1:41 PM, "LK" wrote:
>
>
> On 120214, at 19:24, m...@trausch.us wrote:
> > On 02/14/2012 01:08 PM, LK wrote:
> >> BTW: So is grub0 still supported by gentoo / maintained by themselves?
> >> Does that matter(it is boot, no network stuff) ?
> > GRUB Legacy (that is, GRUB versions 0.x
On 120214, at 19:24, m...@trausch.us wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 01:08 PM, LK wrote:
>> BTW: So is grub0 still supported by gentoo / maintained by themselves?
>> Does that matter(it is boot, no network stuff) ?
> GRUB Legacy (that is, GRUB versions 0.xx) is still the default in
> Gentoo. In order to u
On 02/14/2012 01:08 PM, LK wrote:
> BTW: So is grub0 still supported by gentoo / maintained by themselves?
> Does that matter(it is boot, no network stuff) ?
GRUB Legacy (that is, GRUB versions 0.xx) is still the default in
Gentoo. In order to use GRUB 2 (that is, GRUB version 1.99 in Portage)
yo
On 120214, at 18:53, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 14.02.2012 18:36, schrieb james:
>> Googling around, I get the impression
>> that 'grub' is now grub 2. Is that
>> correct?
>> [...]
> Because it is still in development hell, it has
> not reached version 2.00.
BTW: So is grub0 still supported by g
Il giorno Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:28 + (UTC)
james ha scritto:
> Googling around, I get the impression
> that 'grub' is now grub 2. Is that
> correct?
>
> In portage I see grub-static
> (GRUB Legacy boot loader)
> with version numbers that coincide with
> "grub" (grub2 ?).
>
> If grub2 has r
Am 14.02.2012 18:36, schrieb james:
> Googling around, I get the impression
> that 'grub' is now grub 2. Is that
> correct?
>
> In portage I see grub-static
> (GRUB Legacy boot loader)
> with version numbers that coincide with
> "grub" (grub2 ?).
>
> If grub2 has replaced "grub-1" what (gentoo)
Googling around, I get the impression
that 'grub' is now grub 2. Is that
correct?
In portage I see grub-static
(GRUB Legacy boot loader)
with version numbers that coincide with
"grub" (grub2 ?).
If grub2 has replaced "grub-1" what (gentoo)
version number did grub2 first take take?
What was the
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