From: Jonas de Buhr <jonas.de.buhr@gmx.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:36:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E8EAC13.5000805@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E8E4DE9.8040308@orlitzky.com>
Am 07.10.2011 02:55, schrieb Michael Orlitzky:
> On 10/06/11 19:42, Jonas de Buhr wrote:
>>> If we have some grub-legacy and some grub2 installs,
>> why would you do that?
> Eventually, grub2 will be all that's available from portage. At that
> point, I can either,
>
> 1) Install grub2 on some machines.
>
> 2) Maintain grub-legacy (and install media) myself.
i really don't think thats the way its going to be. i think there will
be grub and grub2 in portage potentially forever. like with python 2 and 3.
even if not, 2) takes you one cp command and a little bit of disk space
for the grub tarball.
>
>
>> have a look at the link i posted. if you really want to keep it simple,
>> grub2 can be configured with a single grub.cfg file.
> How much work would it be for you to,
>
> * Learn grub2
if you're ok with the single .cfg: done.
> * Travel to my office here in Baltimore
first class flight please.
> * Test it on all combinations of hardware that we currently run
> * Document the standard config and any special cases
ok.
> * Upgrade a bunch of my servers at 4am?
why not choose a convenient time to upgrade?
>
> If you still think it's "not much" then I'd be happy to have you do it
> while I drink margaritas.
no, i still don't think its as much of a big deal as you make of it.
about as much work as a kernel upgrade. let's wait for grub2 to go
stable before you send me that ticket ;)
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Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-04 9:49 [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? Dale
2011-10-04 10:07 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-04 10:16 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-10-04 12:56 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-05 16:20 ` ny6p01
2011-10-05 16:47 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-05 23:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-10-06 8:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 11:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 13:47 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 15:17 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 15:25 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-06 15:35 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 15:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 16:40 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-10-07 0:08 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-10-07 0:42 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 7:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 8:20 ` [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement (was: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?) Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-06 19:27 ` [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-06 19:42 ` Dale
2011-10-06 20:21 ` Mick
2011-10-07 3:19 ` Dale
2011-10-06 21:00 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-06 21:23 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-06 21:30 ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-06 22:33 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-06 23:42 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-07 0:55 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 7:36 ` Jonas de Buhr [this message]
2011-10-07 13:59 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 14:46 ` Brennan Shacklett
2011-10-07 15:03 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 16:16 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-07 17:02 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 19:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 8:47 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2011-10-07 13:43 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 14:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-07 14:55 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 15:18 ` Dale
2011-10-07 15:43 ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-07 1:41 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 1:40 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 3:32 ` Dale
2011-10-07 3:39 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 4:42 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 5:01 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 5:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-07 19:11 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 19:20 ` Dale
2011-10-04 14:35 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it? Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 14:53 ` Dale
2011-10-04 20:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-04 20:52 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 21:20 ` walt
2011-10-04 21:26 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 15:08 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 18:31 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 18:56 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 20:33 ` pk
2011-10-04 20:50 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 20:53 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 21:02 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 21:14 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 21:24 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 21:32 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 22:14 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 22:21 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 13:55 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-05 14:33 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-10-05 14:46 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-05 15:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-05 15:29 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-05 16:56 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 18:42 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-05 19:10 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 19:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-05 14:36 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-10-05 16:51 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 6:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-04 21:33 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-10-04 21:46 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 22:04 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-10-05 0:09 ` Dale
2011-10-05 3:16 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 8:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-04 20:11 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-04 20:36 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 8:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-04 22:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 12:51 ` Harry Putnam
2011-10-06 13:03 ` Tanstaafl
2011-10-06 13:51 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 17:48 ` Harry Putnam
2011-10-06 19:15 ` Alan McKinnon
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-10-07 3:36 [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement Michael Mol
2011-10-07 7:25 ` Dale
2011-10-08 7:04 ` Mick
2011-10-08 13:52 ` Dale
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