From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A9413989D for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:26:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4799F141F3; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31484141C1 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:26:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95F5122208 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:26:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:26:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=vq4PSahnmilf8h/Hqu6Lvz9x2RI=; b=SRRHm BvK1o2Nb4boF6RLyozLhljGTlVr2H/Lojfj/FqAX1ib9pqZTKhf5quENWl71NfcT gj0ItsfDV4B+aaDI+iROZFpCAwy68XXkl+DoEkCxlIOAx//SSU6vcDgYtvFJsp7E YMyMgwEJSnCo3aQld+W0h4glSareYLJiQRuKBA= X-Sasl-enc: wqHo4OciC9M1LCOPwdBCVD1wZnw9Hs5KpyNIsH7bTV5n 1440602775 Received: from apio.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu (0587386947.wireless.umich.net [35.2.208.67]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 39527680105; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:26:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:26:10 -0400 From: Alec Ten Harmsel To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 Message-ID: <20150826152610.GA573@apio.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 85829a7c-098d-40e9-865d-3d5291084dc4 X-Archives-Hash: c91a7108e2d487178d46ca99626ce45f On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 03:10:55PM +0000, James wrote: > James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > > > So on one particular (openrc) system, I have no interest in grub-2 > > or any other bootloaders. I see grub is both grub 1 and grub 2. > > So some vintage installs/upgrades got me thinking. What does Grub-2 > offer that grub-1 does not. I cannot think of anything that I need > from Grub-2 not mbr, nor efi board booting. Not dual/multi booting > as grub-1 excels on that, and not on drives larger than 2 T. > > > So what is the (hardware scenario) where grub-2 and it's problems > are superior to grub-1? I'm having trouble thinking of that > situation.......? 64-bit hardware with the no-multilib profile[1]. I have no "-bin" packages on my system, nor do I run any pre-built 3rd party applications, so I waste no time compiling worthless 32-bit libraries. Therefore, I need grub 2. Alec 1. > emerge -p grub:0 > > .... > > AMD64 Team; > grub-1 is not available on no-multilib profiles;