Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Wednesday 20 May 2015 06:26:08 Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> > No, it's only new SSDs, not the whole system, which is six years old. Does
> > that mean my choice is restricted to just the two versions of GRUB?
> 
> Well, you could always use syslinux or something else.  However, GRUB
> is probably your best bet.
> 
> You should really consider moving to GRUB2 though.

Last time I looked, it couldn't handle all the kernels and options I have.
This is my grub.conf:

root (hd0,0)
timeout 10
default 0
fallback 3
color white/blue black/light-gray
splashimage /grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 3.18.12
        kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.18.12-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0 irqpoll

title=Gentoo Linux 3.18.12, no X
        kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.18.12-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=nox net.ifnames=0 irqpoll

title=Gentoo Linux 3.18.12, no network
        kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.18.12-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=nonet net.ifnames=0 irqpoll

title=Rescue System 3.18.11
        kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.18.11-gentoo-rescue root=/dev/sda8 net.ifnames=0 irqpoll

title=Rescue System 3.18.12
        kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.18.12-gentoo-rescue root=/dev/sda8 net.ifnames=0 irqpoll

Can grub-2 manage that for me?

> I don't know about legacy GRUB, but GRUB2 can handle your boot partition
> being on btrfs. I still left space on my drives for a boot partition anyway,
> since it will be needed when I move to EFI.

I was planning to keep /boot out of the btrfs setup, at least to start with.

-- 
Rgds
Peter