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 B306C138CD0 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 10:52:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEC05E0980; Wed, 20 May 2015 10:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C552AE0961 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 10:51:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id t4KAprjw004982 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 06:51:53 -0400 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2 In-reply-to: References: <1595871.4SttVHg2nm@wstn> <20150520102355.2eb77275@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <1878433.ZRiRyd1Yt7@wstn> Comments: In-reply-to Rich Freeman message dated "Wed, 20 May 2015 06:26:08 -0400." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.5; nmh 1.6; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 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-ID: <4979.1432119113.1@ccs.covici.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 06:51:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4981.1432119113@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-t4KApspG004015 X-Archives-Salt: 2e402eb8-00df-4b1a-86df-161a06ea0ad5 X-Archives-Hash: b0f279c61654de5a881c40acd7c86148 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Peter Humphrey = 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. 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. How did you makr the boot partition, or is it just linux? Did you use gpt or mbr? I am about to convert to ssd, and I may as well do it in such a way that future mbs will work much easier. -- = Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com