Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted.

[Harry Holt <harryholt@gmail.com>]

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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Frank Peters wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
>> Duncan<1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>  wrote:
>>
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>>>> Stan Sander wrote:
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>>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
> No offense intended but I have used both lilo and grub.  I used lilo first
> and for me, it was a nightmare.  Fixing even a small typo was painful for
> me.  I switched to grub and the difference was like flying the space shuttle
> or riding a tri-cycle.  Let's remove the computers from the space shuttle
> just to make it as difficult.
>
> I may have to use lilo one day but grub will be long dead and will not
> compile on any rig I have.
>
> Dale
>
>
Good analogy.  My issue with grub is that when it fails, I'm stuck in a tin
can in low earth orbit and likely to burn up in the atmosphere.

Recovering from a fall off my tri-cycle is not nearly as painful.



> :-)  :-)
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