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 D42B5138BD3 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 02:09:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE342E091A; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 02:09:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f52.google.com (mail-la0-f52.google.com [209.85.215.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C79F4E08F6 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 02:09:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f52.google.com with SMTP id pv20so7050541lab.11 for ; Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:09:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=nlyVrNrdb4JFEiADc+QlkdKM3Do+kjnGTnFbm2e2T2o=; b=cdDM+2K4n3/wtDl/1Z+fz6YP6v3Nc6g4u5+FUhokTYzAAZDd+vBTwhHMMmvXPc8JdK 4J4Upb+tcygC3perBljuuRmmXZrt09Zp7VTOPj6QlKL/KleQhNImvLiBc7E6aOR+v3Pl DDokLwz4y8CQFjD2TnQu2sp/K1GzyS/NoJNXm+D1i6nc1TK7cmfKgHWzTryMoa1ipsPh Y2z8T0Rx6brlapguHYiZ345+iZY0XH/2GWr5FCIvPaUcmJCNhDC0Ccj4yIP0+nIdXGcv 06uH7Q9QGk1XDiKj/pGHAhy0UsgOzGHwxS0JhPSn4SRzWyYr1b88dVVmPfZqAK72Me3F unGQ== 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 10.112.148.199 with SMTP id tu7mr47680160lbb.7.1414980566971; Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:09:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.22.168 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 18:09:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <269dc585-c80c-49a7-a407-a419532273b3@email.android.com> References: <15724934.eWR0Wdy2P9@wstn> <75c8179d-5bc3-4026-9b07-fb7a2f85555b@email.android.com> <78607509.rcQ5WraxNG@wstn> <269dc585-c80c-49a7-a407-a419532273b3@email.android.com> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 21:09:26 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels From: Tom H To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: f83ba91d-abee-47d6-9ec2-4e4c4be35c1f X-Archives-Hash: b01b9b1273388151e5686fffc275bbe2 On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > That makes perfect sense. I still have systems using the old grub. It works > so why mess with it? However, I may give gummiboot a whirl, especially as > UEFI let's your multiple bootloader. I use gummiboot on my laptop and like it, but it has a downside: your kernel has to be on a FAT filesystem and you therefore have to account for that when setting the size of the ESP. I've been meaning to try refind because it's a also a boot manager but it can handle non-FAT filesystems.