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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type? -- grub2
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On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 01:05:41AM -0400, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> On 09/15/2012 12:28 AM, Dale wrote:
> > Put your kernel and such on /boot and run update-grub if I recall
> > correctly. I installed Kubuntu for my brother and it has grub2 which
> > has some magic sprinkled on it. I'm not sure how to tell it where to
> > point for the root partition tho. That may require a thread here if
> > google doesn't help. I might add, you may get better Ubuntu answers
> > here than from the Ubuntu folks. I'll forgive you if everyone else
> > will. ROFL Dale :-) :-)
> grub2 is a completely rewritten animal, so it is *different*
>
> grub2-install /dev/sd??
>
> is the incantation to put grub2 onto the selected boot partition. Then
>
> <editor> /etc/default/grub
> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
I figure I have to keep the existing Ubuntu install happy for a couple
of weeks. This is a work laptop and the Ubuntu side is productive
right now, so gentoo is my spare time conversion, and only after I
have it doing everything the Ubuntu install does, can I muck up
Ubuntu. It also is a handy reference if I get in a gentoo corner,
like setting up X or KVM.
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