From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub: how to install new version of stage 1
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 18:57:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090531185701.6e1852f2@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200905311943.56424.dirk.heinrichs@online.de>
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On Sun, 31 May 2009 19:43:55 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > On a x86 machine I did "emerge -D -uav world" and got a response that
> > read in part as follows:
> > * Messages for package sys-boot/grub-0.97-r9:
>
> There's no need whatsoever to update grub once it's in your MBR.
> There's even no need to keep the package on your machine, you can just
> uninstall it
Not updating your MBR means your stage 1 is a different version from your
stage1.5 and stage2, which may or may not cause problems.
Or you you mean there's no need to install the newer version at all?
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Neil Bothwick
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-31 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-30 18:59 [gentoo-user] grub: how to install new version of stage 1 John P. Burkett
2009-05-30 21:13 ` Dale
2009-05-31 5:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-31 16:12 ` John P. Burkett
2009-05-31 17:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-31 20:06 ` John P. Burkett
2009-05-31 20:30 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-31 17:43 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-31 17:57 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2009-05-31 20:39 ` Dirk Heinrichs
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