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 CE44713989A for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:49:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9467E0905; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:49:36 +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 979C7E08FE for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-io0-f180.google.com (mail-io0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) (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 C5E983409DC for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:49:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iods203 with SMTP id s203so55367093iod.0 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 05:49:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.107.19.202 with SMTP id 71mr8855169iot.94.1440679772842; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 05:49:32 -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 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55DE3D41.1050301@comcast.net> References: <55DE3D41.1050301@comcast.net> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 08:49:13 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 04395636-12c6-4348-b16e-acdf569b454e X-Archives-Hash: 53b23502d9d67ebeab6d59a4302e25e4 On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Michel Catudal wrot= e: > Le 2015-08-26 13:37, Fernando Rodriguez a =C3=A9crit : > >> This may not be complete and some of these may be possible to some exten= t >> 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 mode= l >> 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. >> >> > > I've had serious problems in the past getting to to install on a partitio= n > 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.