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 0A24413989A for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB8A9E08F3; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:35:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 88721E08E6 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:35:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f171.google.com (mail-ig0-f171.google.com [209.85.213.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AFB113409D0 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igui7 with SMTP id i7so65429366igu.1 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:35:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.66.197 with SMTP id h5mr10847427igt.81.1440693310658; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:35:10 -0700 (PDT) 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 10.107.17.95 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:34:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <55DE3D41.1050301@comcast.net> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:34:51 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: b9943c62-d2da-44cd-8f68-9555641a5e6c X-Archives-Hash: 9a671ba33d4fe70b0129b5e4f2fe117a On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-08-27, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Michel Catudal wrote: >> >>> I've had serious problems in the past getting to to install on a partition >>> and gave up. Is that bug fixed? It insists on installing on the MBR which is >>> unacceptable. >> >> It's not a bug, and it won't be "fixed". Installing on a partition is >> simply not supported. > > So, grub2 refuses to share power and cooperate with another bootloader. > Bill Gates would be pround. What a dumb, ignorant comment. Installation to a partition does not work due to technical limitations, and the grub developers have no interest in spending time working around them. They don't give a crap about taking over your PC. > For those of us with multiple Linux installations on a disk, that's a > pretty big reason to stick with grub-legacy. grub can be configured to boot multiple linux distros from a single config file. Generating said config file can be a bit of work, but it's definitely doable.