From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EB7Pf-0007Gw-Dh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:00:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j828vHu8003791; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:57:17 GMT Received: from dbmail-mx3.orcon.net.nz (loadbalancer2.orcon.net.nz [219.88.242.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j828rWmo015555 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:53:36 GMT Received: from sf.rout.dyndns.org (60-234-144-216.bitstream.orcon.net.nz [60.234.144.216]) by dbmail-mx3.orcon.net.nz (8.13.2/8.13.2/Debian-1) with ESMTP id j828wxni011796 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:59:00 +1200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which drivers to use for audio and video? From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050902051800.GA19616@waltdnes.org> References: <20050901034117.GC15289@waltdnes.org> <5bdc1c8b05083121576f09e915@mail.gmail.com> <20050902051800.GA19616@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:55:57 +1200 Message-Id: <1125651357.23387.13.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1053/Fri Sep 2 19:01:53 2005 on dbmail-mx3.orcon.net.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: 1970c8a2-9a78-4b46-9832-c6eead9968ee X-Archives-Hash: 8f3c15dd2a9825c59b1d7a5d1df470f7 On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 01:18 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > The "final straw" for me was that LILO is masked out for 64 bits, and > GRUB is the only available bootloader. GRUB seems to have been > afflicted by Microsoft-featureitis disease. It's got a whole lot of > additional complexity, which allows it to display an image of Clippy > (or > Tux) at bootup. Come-on guys; people need a *BOOTLOADER*, not a > singing/dancing penguin or paperclip, at bootup. what bolox. follow the instructions on the gentoo install manual, which from memory go: emerge grub $EDITOR /boot/grub/grub.conf EITHER { grub-install /dev/hda } OR { grub root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) quit } -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list