From: Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted.
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:19:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101209101920.fd3c138f.frank.peters@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2010.12.09.10.04.52@cox.net>
On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Stan Sander wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
> I think that's covered in the handbook, now, but posting's still good,
> just in case it would have been overlooked. FWIW when I first switched to
> no-multilib, before I did the 32-bit chroot thing, I tried turning off
> that option in the kernel... and found I couldn't run... I think it was
> lilo I was running at the time, properly, so it's definitely worth
> remembering.
>
Lilo doesn't need the kernel at all. I have IA32 turned off and I use
lilo to boot. There is no problem.
Unless there is some special requirement, most people probably use grub
because of the "follow the leader" syndrome. Lilo is still quite effective
and also quite simple. Fortunately, the Gentoo overlords have not removed
lilo from the portage tree, but if they ever do, I will just compile it
myself. Continuous change is not a law of the universe. Some methods
never become obsolete (out of fashion perhaps, but fashion should never
be the final guide).
Frank Peters
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-09 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-08 21:17 [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted Dale
2010-12-08 22:23 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 0:04 ` Dale
2010-12-09 2:13 ` Stan Sander
2010-12-09 4:51 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 5:32 ` Dale
2010-12-09 7:42 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 16:28 ` Dale
2010-12-09 19:55 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 5:13 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Dale
2010-12-09 8:53 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 10:04 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 15:19 ` Frank Peters [this message]
2010-12-09 16:37 ` Dale
2010-12-09 17:37 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 18:40 ` Dale
2010-12-09 16:39 ` Dale
2010-12-09 15:22 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Stan Sander
2010-12-09 16:42 ` Dale
2010-12-09 8:48 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 15:48 ` Dale
2010-12-10 12:09 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-08 22:58 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 0:08 ` Dale
2010-12-08 23:03 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 0:26 ` Dale
2010-12-09 1:13 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 5:29 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:48 ` Florian Philipp
2010-12-09 11:43 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 16:47 ` Dale
2010-12-09 11:58 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Paul Jewell
2010-12-09 14:09 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 15:13 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 16:53 ` Dale
2010-12-09 20:22 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 14:52 ` [gentoo-amd64] " J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 16:55 ` Dale
2010-12-09 18:03 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-10 12:34 ` Alex Alexander
2010-12-11 2:12 ` Dale
2010-12-09 15:27 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 16:26 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 17:04 ` Lie Ryan
2010-12-09 19:01 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 20:09 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 1:17 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 1:54 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 4:41 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 5:18 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Dale
2010-12-09 6:55 ` Thomas M
2010-12-09 7:26 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:36 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 4:13 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 6:11 ` Dale
2010-12-09 11:10 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 15:36 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 20:05 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 23:22 ` Dale
2010-12-10 12:54 ` Thanasis
2010-12-10 22:48 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 2:27 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Alex Schuster
2010-12-09 5:21 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:33 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 10:12 ` Florian Philipp
2010-12-09 11:18 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 17:03 ` Dale
2010-12-09 20:33 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 21:45 ` Alex Schuster
2010-12-09 23:28 ` Dale
2010-12-10 11:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-10 13:16 ` Dale
2010-12-09 10:06 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Stefan G. Weichinger
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