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 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn0Fs-00058V-Vv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:34:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64FA3E075B; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 04:34:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com (mail-pb0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D4BE072E for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 04:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbrr13 with SMTP id rr13so16331672pbb.40 for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:33:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:user-agent:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:subject :from:date:to:message-id; bh=mIVVCIoPrx0OyigR7onk/cpROf9KnLr7cXhBpif7O+Q=; b=bpgfnQwp3ZOcgu80J7SBUFTQpJDQehZPAiZ47N008leM7gXjhuY3q6uVoGDed2wiJF gBoEeNK5MmD/CI3C+Fc8iS6NBfeZlvYfFeDToZVIjI8zZ5jmGa8LG6aOjvRZcFk2yge0 36xffV0e6WWOuHckAlMlcF2tDuc8hRR3yEDgHaxEXYDIAXc6lYbNzw7Cnl6GyfEVwupu kHeoDzb5XIGOam+h0uGl988XXalavYRybX/725gf2u4st5SLgAUD7nYmTnHQyxgwqnlo FubFpBsN3r04WWkACJmA7nMRIhC4zEeaufvIAxVscIBBV04eOsqrJxgcZgc4TVWJLKxj SrRA== Received: by 10.68.228.102 with SMTP id sh6mr33683879pbc.134.1341549185621; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:33:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.7.81.81] (mobile-198-228-211-098.mycingular.net. [198.228.211.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id io2sm21078301pbc.24.2012.07.05.21.33.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:33:04 -0700 (PDT) References: <4FF60A04.3000506@gentoo.org> User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <4FF60A04.3000506@gentoo.org> 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 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----AA49VZ1VXJOOLOMBZ8LM9W3TDL4PUH" Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GRUB2 migration From: Terry Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:32:57 -0700 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: X-Archives-Salt: dfe9015b-a149-4914-9a77-7c921f18a74d X-Archives-Hash: 42898fee6cca028dbb11e67d5601269b ------AA49VZ1VXJOOLOMBZ8LM9W3TDL4PUH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are.many good docs on the web about it. Yes much of this is just re= sistance to change. --=20 Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Sebastian Pipping wrote: Hello, On 07/05/2012 08:28 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-07-05, James wrote: >> Has anyone seen/tried this guide? >> >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~cardoe/docs/grub2-migration.xml >> >> The devs seem to be moving along with migration to grub2. >> >> as evidence in the gentoo-dev thread. I curious if folks are going to >> follow the docs, or are we each going to wing out way to grub2 with >> the legacy installs of gentoo? >=20 > I plan on dragging my feet for as long as possible, and won't switch > until I'm forced to. And by "forced to" I mean that grub-legacy > simply won't work anymore -- regardless of whether there's a Gentoo > package for it or not. a few weeks ago I was one of those people about to stay away from GRUB 2 as long as possible. What I didn't know is that part of what I knew and disliked about GRUB 2 was (only) specific to Debian, the fact that you no longer edit /etc/grub/grub.cfg directly: you edit parts that are combined for you. Short version: if it's fear of the unknown with you too, I recommend getting to know that beast a little better. You'll either end up with many good arguments against it or find out that it's better than you expected in the beginning. My guess is the latter. Anyway. Give it a try. Best, Sebastian ------AA49VZ1VXJOOLOMBZ8LM9W3TDL4PUH Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are.many good docs on the web about it. Ye= s much of this is just resistance to change.
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Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Sebastian Pipping <sping@gentoo.org> w= rote:
Hello,


On 07/05/2012 08:28 PM, Grant Edwards =
wrote:
> On 2012-07-05, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wr=
ote:
>> Has anyone seen/tried this guide?
>>
&=
gt;> http://dev.gentoo.org/~cardoe/docs/grub2-migration.xml
>>=
;
>> The devs seem to be moving along with migration to grub2.=

>>
>> as evidence in the gentoo-dev thread. I curi=
ous if folks are going to
>> follow the docs, or are we each g=
oing to wing out way to grub2 with
>> the legacy installs of g=
entoo?
> 
> I plan on dragging my feet for as long as pos=
sible, and won't switch
> until I'm forced to.  And by "forced to=
" I mean that grub-legacy
> simply won't work anymore -- regardle=
ss of whether there's a Gentoo
> package for
it or not.

a few weeks ago I was one of those people about to =
stay away from GRUB 2
as long as possible.  What I didn't know is th=
at part of what I knew and
disliked about GRUB 2 was (only) specific=
 to Debian, the fact that you
no longer edit /etc/grub/grub.cfg dire=
ctly: you edit parts that are
combined for you.

Short ver=
sion: if it's fear of the unknown with you too, I recommend
getting =
to know that beast a little better.  You'll either end up with
many =
good arguments against it or find out that it's better than you
expe=
cted in the beginning.  My guess is the latter.  Anyway.  Give it a try.<=
br />
Best,



Sebastian

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