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 5D2E9138CD0 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 10:26:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2686E0983; Wed, 20 May 2015 10:26:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f173.google.com (mail-ig0-f173.google.com [209.85.213.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF8EAE0952 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 10:26:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igcau1 with SMTP id au1so35911103igc.1 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 03:26:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=3qP47iglVjZyYFYJ8eKYFHwLug2I3YKyXXF4UIeoXd4=; b=yDy8p3iM/40M9QCYJ33WilKQThpCl56zmpzv0kQ7nGWp/jwHAFgpM9w9vxcgeB78DT mvyxwfZgwlnE74oACy2VOWJGUCJPOSB/e6aZC7UBTtIdkEmOaTEx+Lpu1IpcrkULaLlG WOJov7vN+PfzGqxt4HDAdcO/n+YpD81lCDc0XzD98vbrhtiE48j8EPWhEfSLg6oMZM81 GpmFMpETFR0Kd9pahmmLh+/YyTAvmLiJBtpOfOCmVKVY0QBY53mUlQmJtEw0ltHP/dG5 x35wsCFR5hYgaW29ZFzMchvsuptwKJ5nd1TWYQ+t7BjuVl6hhsiIoPZannBi87UxFfXF 01yA== 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 X-Received: by 10.42.81.201 with SMTP id a9mr46830948icl.9.1432117568324; Wed, 20 May 2015 03:26:08 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.159.81 with HTTP; Wed, 20 May 2015 03:26:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1878433.ZRiRyd1Yt7@wstn> References: <1595871.4SttVHg2nm@wstn> <20150520102355.2eb77275@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <1878433.ZRiRyd1Yt7@wstn> Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 06:26:08 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tFiKniM2nQruT7jHjE_62vV5mqo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2 From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: f208c435-f07a-4b46-b6ab-d5d476733c2f X-Archives-Hash: 66f3986c952da39511e7dc375aa5ab64 On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > No, it's only new SSDs, not the whole system, which is six years old. Does > that mean my choice is restricted to just the two versions of GRUB? > Well, you could always use syslinux or something else. However, GRUB is probably your best bet. You should really consider moving to GRUB2 though. I don't know about legacy GRUB, but GRUB2 can handle your boot partition being on btrfs. I still left space on my drives for a boot partition anyway, since it will be needed when I move to EFI. -- Rich