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 1RxNhd-0002rs-2u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:06:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0991E0A80; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:06:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83D0E0AB9 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:04:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcit16 with SMTP id it16so335765bkc.40 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:04:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sEUFjtbH0tviK5xQ+16qqxfoWTuq0jSDDEJu57opf5w=; b=n2dJ3SO3OmWT8qAHDUkC3mlpmjgnCNCa3d+fow8nYpX4ybMEJYBXh5u8f2rVkRfaZC 8ke/G1tyFG4ZvGd+hyckkVNv4FU8C5PvT/BDMPjVowzh6EP5iDOU77AEjt+sRdmpSGpb 84VvzSsu6yo5Fr+qowQ6b5vrNnVQ6+r2zSIvw= 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 Received: by 10.204.156.77 with SMTP id v13mr118694bkw.112.1329246296747; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:04:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.124.129 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:04:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F3AAD67.9080403@trausch.us> References: <4F3A9FAA.9000504@binarywings.net> <4F3AA6C7.4050501@trausch.us> <4FEAA3B3-0A32-4347-9441-C0E3FE3E1F38@gmail.com> <4F3AAD67.9080403@trausch.us> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:04:56 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub vs grub 2 From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 0d5a5159-3ef1-466f-933f-21920c55226b X-Archives-Hash: de493b865d657a30df1cd4abf4fd9619 On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:52 PM, mike@trausch.us wrote: > On 02/14/2012 01:40 PM, LK wrote: >> >> On 120214, at 19:24, mike@trausch.us wrote: >>> On 02/14/2012 01:08 PM, LK wrote: >>>> BTW: So is grub0 still supported by gentoo / maintained by themselves? >>>> Does that matter(it is boot, no network stuff) ? >>> GRUB Legacy (that is, GRUB versions 0.xx) is still the default in >>> Gentoo. =C2=A0In order to use GRUB 2 (that is, GRUB version 1.99 in Por= tage) >>> you'll have to unmask sys-boot/grub-1.99-r2. >> >> The thing is, IMO grub0 is better / simplier. >> > > I disagree. =C2=A0GRUB Legacy is not the same in any two distributions > because every single distribution patches it differently because it > hasn't had core functionality updated in a very long time. =C2=A0It's pre= tty > much abandoned by upstream, as well. > > I'm not saying that it is bad, but I _am_ saying that it has outlived > its usefulness. > > GRUB 2 follows an entirely different architecture. A detailed elaboration would be nice. A contrasting migration guide, complete with the how's, where's and why's would be awesome. (Once one's invested in understanding a tool, a 1-2-3-itsmagic walkthrough is very discomforting.) --=20 :wq