Re: [gentoo-user] keeping grub 1
On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:44:17 + (UTC), James wrote: > If I just unmerge grub and emerge grub-static, is that the > best way to prevent grub-2 from ever being installed? > Other caveats to worry about? emerge -n sys-boot/grub:0 and make sure no other grub entries appear in @world -- Neil Bothwick Bookmark - A means of returning to where you got lost last time. pgphsYTruSTPL.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] keeping grub 1
On 25/08/2015 20:44, James wrote: > Hello, > > > So on one particular (openrc) system, I have no interest in grub-2 > or any other bootloaders. I see grub is both grub 1 and grub 2. > > If I just unmerge grub and emerge grub-static, is that the > best way to prevent grub-2 from ever being installed? > Other caveats to worry about? > > > TIA, > James > > Add to package.mask: sys-boot/grub:2 -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] keeping grub 1
On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:01:48 PM Florian Gamböck wrote: > Hi James! > > Am 25.08.2015 um 20:44 schrieb James: > > If I just unmerge grub and emerge grub-static, is that the > > best way to prevent grub-2 from ever being installed? > > If you want to keep your good old sys-boot/grub:0, just put exactly that > into your world file, including with the slot-version (the :0 at the > end). At least in the "main" portage tree, grub-2 uses slot 2, whereas > grub-1 stays in slot 0. > > Alternatively you could put something like >=sys-boot/grub-2 or even > sys-boot/grub:2 into package.mask. > > HTH, > --Flo And since you can install both it may be a good idea to get legacy grub working before unmerging grub2. If something goes wrong you just need to chroot and run grub2-install (or whatever it's called). The grub-static package is most useful for amd64 systems without a 32-bit ncurses. I believe it ships a prebuilt ncurses static library. -- Fernando Rodriguez
Re: [gentoo-user] keeping grub 1
Hi James! Am 25.08.2015 um 20:44 schrieb James: If I just unmerge grub and emerge grub-static, is that the best way to prevent grub-2 from ever being installed? If you want to keep your good old sys-boot/grub:0, just put exactly that into your world file, including with the slot-version (the :0 at the end). At least in the "main" portage tree, grub-2 uses slot 2, whereas grub-1 stays in slot 0. Alternatively you could put something like >=sys-boot/grub-2 or even sys-boot/grub:2 into package.mask. HTH, --Flo
[gentoo-user] keeping grub 1
Hello, So on one particular (openrc) system, I have no interest in grub-2 or any other bootloaders. I see grub is both grub 1 and grub 2. If I just unmerge grub and emerge grub-static, is that the best way to prevent grub-2 from ever being installed? Other caveats to worry about? TIA, James