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 6151713989D for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:38:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DDD25E08D2; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU004-OMC1S28.hotmail.com (blu004-omc1s28.hotmail.com [65.55.116.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53A0AE08CA for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU437-SMTP72 ([65.55.116.9]) by BLU004-OMC1S28.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:38:08 -0700 X-TMN: [bdWe/chBT8W7kXbajSSpxoKDLJ13ymhR] 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 13:37:07 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/4.14.8 (Linux/3.18.20; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Aug 2015 17:38:07.0116 (UTC) FILETIME=[F7E55CC0:01D0E025] X-Archives-Salt: e766c4fb-916a-4813-991b-70e3e5e653f3 X-Archives-Hash: d382a072873b9145be91e0806b810b46 On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 3:10:55 PM 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.......? > > > James This may not be complete and some of these may be possible to some extent 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 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 scriptable using a shell-like script language. 7. Password support for each entry. -- Fernando Rodriguez