From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RxgBB-000301-1I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:50:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 392A9E0B9C; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:49:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a82.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4ECE0D10 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a82.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a82.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425C528206F for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:47:56 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=libertytrek.org; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= libertytrek.org; b=w8STX63kM4NfmSUnH4iLd9ApddSo2+1VC+i6LVNYhJRdR 4gwn4bddRUr5rSaKaMnuQeoKROTs3V/s/gljgnh3uyKkcPl7UoMsB8UC9jrkssvr 3O4VnocQa4sA03lf+fnE5vRm1P7duQOZXjMn4Ro1fHl7g520I9RiZMkBGsDYws= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=ulhZz5M+omH5kEpFxmlWfS7Wbrc=; b=Vlw8W5m0RWVf KEbU7sWH9CagK4n7MsboQfxviheVC1FNaAfzyur20vSW7Jce//DWPbJxDjwvwMDY oXVBl2K58ZQ94yFWc+asyfr2X4t/x4TnPwLh9J4wI/ouLzBj2Yc73tpB0vrzehl8 fDkI2S3dGKLt6RJD3sMGjAQ+F+uW6zw= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (50-76-228-201-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [50.76.228.201]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a82.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 068B3282065 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:47:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F3BC59A.7080605@libertytrek.org> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:47:54 -0500 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120208 Thunderbird/10.0.1 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub vs grub 2 References: <4F3A9FAA.9000504@binarywings.net> <4F3AA6C7.4050501@trausch.us> <4FEAA3B3-0A32-4347-9441-C0E3FE3E1F38@gmail.com> <4F3AB616.4050506@alyf.net> <4F3AC72F.2090500@trausch.us> <475D2105-FA04-4A95-9AEB-328512F8985E@gmail.com> <4F3AEC1B.4020401@trausch.us> <4F3BA2E3.3090505@libertytrek.org> <4F3BC312.1000309@trausch.us> In-Reply-To: <4F3BC312.1000309@trausch.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c43eb05c-e7ae-41c7-9d5f-0365519fef4c X-Archives-Hash: 1253d66bf59a1559e95cdb4104cbd6d4 On 2012-02-15 9:37 AM, mike@trausch.us wrote: > On 02/15/2012 07:19 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> What I would prefer is a detailed yet simple 'How-To' aimed at the >> average user rather than the hacker (in other words, don't assume I can >> read code/scripts and understand all or even some of what is happening) >> or write my own scripts, etc... >> >> Also, I'd prefer this How-To be aimed at current users of GRUB Legacy, >> meaning, 'This is how Legacy did it, but now GRUB2 does it this way, and >> for this reason'... >> >> And last, a lot of examples of comparisons of GRUB-Legacy/GRUB2 config >> files for different types of systems (obviously, these should include >> all of the most common systems, then more esoteric ones can be added by >> those using them)... > I can do this, but it's going to take me a day or two. I have to > refresh myself on GRUB Legacy, first. It has been a (long) while since > I've used it. Understood, and thanks Mike, I really look forward to reading whatever you can provide. I realize that I'm gonna have to take this plunge eventually, and would rather not wait until I'm forced to...