From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PQcRu-0002d0-V5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:06:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 900D2E0930 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:06:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.34.167]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE0BE06B1 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 08:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.34.133] (helo=smtp2.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQcFi-0001NY-UH for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:53:26 +0100 Received: from 5ed3454e.cm-7-4b.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([94.211.69.78] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp2.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQcFh-0003gg-9A for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:53:25 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8BD20A8 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:53:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from data.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (data.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zQM9bk9LZELr for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:53:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from eve.localnet (eve.lan.antarean.org [10.20.13.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC724DAC for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:53:22 +0100 (CET) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:53:23 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.30-gentoo-r5; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <201012081913.19278.stsander@sblan.net> <4D006571.7040807@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D006571.7040807@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201012090953.23327.joost@antarean.org> X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1PQcFh-0003gg-9A X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: geen spam, SpamAssassin (niet cached, score=-2.599, vereist 5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: joost@antarean.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Archives-Salt: d24aa43f-4c34-483f-89d9-5576a1fabce5 X-Archives-Hash: 9327d0a3a5eaf834a0c5a9c8f876dc7f On Thursday 09 December 2010 06:13:21 Dale wrote: > Stan Sander wrote: > > Wednesday 08 December 2010 > > > >>> One thing that I think some folks (me included) do that differs from > >>> the guide (at least the last time I read it) is to use grub-static > >>> instead of grub. I suspect that's because it's 32-bit and more > >>> compatible. > >>> > >>> Other than that I can't think of anything I do differently. > >>> > >>> Best of luck with the new install. I'm sure it will go great. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Mark > >> > >> Thanks. I wasn't aware of that. I made a note of it. I certainly > >> don't want that to mess up. lol > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > In addition to using grub-static, you will need to have the IA32 > > Emulation enabled in your kernel, else you won't be able to execute grub > > at all. It's under file formats / Emulations in the menu. > > Glad you posted this. I looked at the USE flags for grub not a package > called grub-static. That seems to be two different beasts. I never > knew that package existed. Would emerging the plain grub with the > static USE flag give the same results? I would think not else they > would just have one package but am curious just the same. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) FYI: [U] sys-boot/grub Available versions: (0) *0.92-r1 0.94-r1 0.96-r1 0.96-r2 ~0.96-r3 ~0.97 0.97-r2 0.97- r3 0.97-r4 0.97-r5 0.97-r6 ~0.97-r8 0.97-r9 ~0.97-r9[9] 0.97-r10 ~0.97-r12[4] 0.97-r22[6] ~0.97-r90[5] **1.96[2] 1.97-r1[7] ~1.97-r2322[9] ~1.97.2-r1[6] ~1.97.2-r2[6] **1.98 ~1.98-r7[6] ~1.98-r8[6] **9999 **9999[2] ~9999[7] ~9999!s[8] (2) ~1.97.2[1] ~1.97.2[3] {amd64 custom-cflags (+)debug efi efiemu multilib multislot ncurses netboot nls static truetype usb} Installed versions: 0.97-r10(05:22:15 PM 11/22/2010)(ncurses -custom- cflags -netboot -static) Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ Description: GNU GRUB 2 boot loader I use the "standard" grub with the default USE-flags and it works here. Unless I have a really strange setup, I don't think using "static" for grub is needed anymore. -- Joost