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 A42BD13989D for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BE5914255; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:42:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU004-OMC1S24.hotmail.com (blu004-omc1s24.hotmail.com [65.55.116.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3669814088 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU437-SMTP43 ([65.55.116.8]) by BLU004-OMC1S24.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:42:45 -0700 X-TMN: [VlNeARELk2G/pLMJLF+RFiaAQOgDR+W/] X-Originating-Email: [frodriguez.developer@outlook.com] Message-ID: From: Fernando Rodriguez To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:41:53 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/4.14.8 (Linux/3.18.20; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <55DE3D41.1050301@comcast.net> References: <55DE3D41.1050301@comcast.net> 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-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Aug 2015 23:42:45.0072 (UTC) FILETIME=[E82C8500:01D0E058] X-Archives-Salt: 271a45db-c4ee-4377-8840-f92413073aba X-Archives-Hash: 563a4e0c018c43fedbb05a58b06154d1 On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 6:27:14 PM Michel Catudal wrote: > Le 2015-08-26 13:37, Fernando Rodriguez a =E9crit : >=20 > > This may not be complete and some of these may be possible to some = extent=20 with > > legacy grub: > > > > 1. Grub Legacy is 32-bit only, so you need 32-bit libraries or use = grub- > > static. Grub2 is portable, even beyond Intel architectures. > > 2. Grub2 has been rewritten to be modular. Instead of Grub's stages= model=20 it > > uses a core image and a bunch of modules. > > 3. EFI support without chainloading or other hacks. > > 4. Better filesystem support. Including loopback devices. > > 5. Graphics and theming support. > > 6. Grub2's config file (the one it tells you not to edit manually) = is=20 scriptable > > using a shell-like script language. > > 7. Password support for each entry. > > > > >=20 > I've had serious problems in the past getting to to install on a part= ition=20 and gave up. Is that bug fixed? It insists on installing on the MBR whi= ch is=20 unacceptable. Yes and no, at least it can be a pain. I remember running into that and= got it=20 to work after several hours, unfortunately I forgot how. It may have be= en that=20 it writes to both the mbr and the partition so you can restore the old = mbr and=20 still boot the partition. It also treats removable media and HDs differ= ent.=20 It's hard to remember because I tried so many things. I think dd'ing the mbr to an image file and chainloading it worked but = I did=20 something else in the end. Next time I go down that road I'll make sure= to=20 document it. --=20 Fernando Rodriguez