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 1PQZn4-0006bM-Ak for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:15:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E4A88E08A0 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 06:15:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3088E0824 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 05:32:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywa6 with SMTP id 6so1621217ywa.40 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:32:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jrhRH/AQO2fLPieEQ5k4uSikXeijZzUP5H5/vdfnjT8=; b=NHa4CpcPm9QUPPVMYYYaUP+RkHcz05pXdeoc3cIPdJ+DwpmUbfkWR2keA9IiStCAmV 0Bza6HgMdjlge5dFVYoE9+kgRHh4dvp66woMoI8aDCqzHSTVDqlF+z/r3aTiHKBDQ+VS WGCKJuXOkmSzH588qmu01gbZkd0xuviL2xy0w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=U/1FCYgaoyaiz5OxIGbbrSACqWni7gGAvU9GGHE1A1fGLcpqXdAoSAaCeDXaFwv3Yh idX+VoRJqHAtzuKsTg4xlBd/Uq7dBXZIR/Q0rFinVxN5MTOcS9kDA9AKIDntBb9blOdM BNph+rCFawGCPFqhPom9EDDtxK8pZdsff3FaU= Received: by 10.91.201.13 with SMTP id d13mr2743790agq.38.1291872752208; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:32:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-133-127.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.133.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b26sm1513634anb.13.2010.12.08.21.32.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:32:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0069ED.8010308@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:32:29 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 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 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <4D001CFF.60502@gmail.com> <201012081913.19278.stsander@sblan.net> <20101208235136.d6bce051.frank.peters@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20101208235136.d6bce051.frank.peters@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b243c8c8-4d2a-4266-ba9e-30d5ae61a509 X-Archives-Hash: 5a0857cee61128c2bd9facd55c3cd623 Frank Peters wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:13:18 -0700 > 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. >> > If you are building a system largely for personal or even small > business use, you can easily use lilo instead of grub. > > Lilo is still actively maintained and is my personal preference. > > Frank Peters > > I used lilo when I first started using Linux, Mandrake 9.1 days. When I started with Gentoo, I switched to grub. I can't even imagine being without grub. I know lilo has some strong points and is maintained but I still prefer grub. I also read that a new grub is in the pipe too. Supposed to be much better. That's the rumor anyway. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)