[gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[Mark Haney]

I just upgraded grub and got this note at the end.

*** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install
  * the new version's stage1 to your MBR.  Until you do,
  * stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but
  * later stages will be the new version, which could
  * cause problems such as an unbootable system.

I've done some grub installs in the past, but this is a new one on me. 
What exactly does install the new version's 'stage1' mean?  How do I do 
what this is telling me to do?


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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[Barry Schwartz]

Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> skribis:
> I've done some grub installs in the past, but this is a new one on me. What 
> exactly does install the new version's 'stage1' mean?  How do I do what 
> this is telling me to do?

That's the part where you write a new MBR. It's explained in the
Gentoo GRUB Install howto.

This is why I leave grub out of my world file.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[Michael George]

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 08:49:13AM -0500, Barry Schwartz wrote:
> Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> skribis:
> > I've done some grub installs in the past, but this is a new one on me. What 
> > exactly does install the new version's 'stage1' mean?  How do I do what 
> > this is telling me to do?
> 
> That's the part where you write a new MBR. It's explained in the
> Gentoo GRUB Install howto.
> 
> This is why I leave grub out of my world file.

I upgraded grub and when I start it, it doesn't seem to see any disks.
I am trying to run:
root (hd0,2)
setup (hd0)

But hitting the <TAB> key at "root (" doesn't report any options back to
me.  Why would that be?

I guess I'd better downgrade back to what I had prior until I figure
that out...

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[Barry Schwartz]

Michael George <george@mutualdata.com> skribis:
> I guess I'd better downgrade back to what I had prior until I figure
> that out...

One day I might simply build grub outside of Portage and put it in
package.provided. It's not something I want automagically upgraded.


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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[Drake Donahue]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael George" <george@mutualdata.com>
To: <gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.


> On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 08:49:13AM -0500, Barry Schwartz wrote:
>> Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> skribis:
>> > I've done some grub installs in the past, but this is a new one on me. 
>> > What
>> > exactly does install the new version's 'stage1' mean?  How do I do what
>> > this is telling me to do?
>>
>> That's the part where you write a new MBR. It's explained in the
>> Gentoo GRUB Install howto.
>>
>> This is why I leave grub out of my world file.
>
> I upgraded grub and when I start it, it doesn't seem to see any disks.
> I am trying to run:
> root (hd0,2)
> setup (hd0)
>
> But hitting the <TAB> key at "root (" doesn't report any options back to
> me.  Why would that be?
>

<tab> working fine here now
used to not work here but grub worked fine nonetheless
what results when you enter root (hd0,2)?

>
> I guess I'd better downgrade back to what I had prior until I figure
> that out...
>
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>
> There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
> Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
>
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

[Michael George]

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 02:44:01PM -0400, Drake Donahue wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael George" <george@mutualdata.com>
> To: <gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.
>
>
>> On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 08:49:13AM -0500, Barry Schwartz wrote:
>>> Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> skribis:
>>> > I've done some grub installs in the past, but this is a new one on me. 
>>> > What
>>> > exactly does install the new version's 'stage1' mean?  How do I do what
>>> > this is telling me to do?
>>>
>>> That's the part where you write a new MBR. It's explained in the
>>> Gentoo GRUB Install howto.
>>>
>>> This is why I leave grub out of my world file.
>>
>> I upgraded grub and when I start it, it doesn't seem to see any disks.
>> I am trying to run:
>> root (hd0,2)
>> setup (hd0)
>>
>> But hitting the <TAB> key at "root (" doesn't report any options back to
>> me.  Why would that be?
>>
>
> <tab> working fine here now
> used to not work here but grub worked fine nonetheless
> what results when you enter root (hd0,2)?

Hmm, I guess I forgot that I have to be root to run grub effectively...

That *is* embarassing...

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