From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 14:35:42 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <j6f5ju$lg5$4@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20111004110746.395635e0@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
On 2011-10-04, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>> Subject line says it pretty well. Is grub2 stable, who uses it and can
>> you post your experience on the switching process? Was it difficult?
>
> I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a couple
> of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switching process
> as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good time
> to get to grips with it.
>
> GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different.
I've only used it on Ubuntu, and maybe it's just Ubuntu's
implementation -- but it was both complicated and difficult. There
are 10X as many files, and to change anything you edit a whole set of
configuration files and run a utility that generates _another_ set of
configuration files.
Compared to "vi /boot/grub/menu.lst; reboot", that's complicated.
> If you try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more
> problems than if you approach is as learning a new system.
At first glace, grub2 looks like a minature Unix installation whose
purpose is to boot a bigger Unix installation. It's got it's own init
system and it's own set of init scripts.
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Could I have a drug
at overdose?
gmail.com
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2011-10-04 9:49 [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? Dale
2011-10-04 10:07 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-04 10:16 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-10-04 12:56 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-05 16:20 ` ny6p01
2011-10-05 16:47 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-05 23:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-10-06 8:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 11:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 13:47 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 15:17 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 15:25 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-06 15:35 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 15:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 16:40 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-10-07 0:08 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-10-07 0:42 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 7:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-06 8:20 ` [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement (was: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?) Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-06 19:27 ` [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-06 19:42 ` Dale
2011-10-06 20:21 ` Mick
2011-10-07 3:19 ` Dale
2011-10-06 21:00 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-06 21:23 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-06 21:30 ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-06 22:33 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-06 23:42 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-07 0:55 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 7:36 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-07 13:59 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 14:46 ` Brennan Shacklett
2011-10-07 15:03 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 16:16 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-07 17:02 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 19:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 8:47 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2011-10-07 13:43 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 14:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-07 14:55 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 15:18 ` Dale
2011-10-07 15:43 ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-07 1:41 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 1:40 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 3:32 ` Dale
2011-10-07 3:39 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 4:42 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-10-07 5:01 ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 5:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-07 19:11 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-07 19:20 ` Dale
2011-10-04 14:35 ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2011-10-04 14:53 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it? Dale
2011-10-04 20:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-04 20:52 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 21:20 ` walt
2011-10-04 21:26 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 15:08 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 18:31 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 18:56 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 20:33 ` pk
2011-10-04 20:50 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 20:53 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 21:02 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 21:14 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 21:24 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 21:32 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 22:14 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-04 22:21 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 13:55 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-05 14:33 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-10-05 14:46 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-05 15:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-05 15:29 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-05 16:56 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 18:42 ` Grant Edwards
2011-10-05 19:10 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 19:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-05 14:36 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-10-05 16:51 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 6:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-04 21:33 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-10-04 21:46 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-04 22:04 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-10-05 0:09 ` Dale
2011-10-05 3:16 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 8:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-04 20:11 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-10-04 20:36 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-10-05 8:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-04 22:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 12:51 ` Harry Putnam
2011-10-06 13:03 ` Tanstaafl
2011-10-06 13:51 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-06 17:48 ` Harry Putnam
2011-10-06 19:15 ` Alan McKinnon
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