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 78A7313989A for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADA62E080A; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:19:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85793E07ED for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:19:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUy1p-0000S0-ML for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:19:45 +0200 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:19:45 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:19:45 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:19:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <55DE3D41.1050301@comcast.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 6a16c9cd-7f6d-4aa9-b488-f7199297799f X-Archives-Hash: 1468aeb28c686648cd22f6243d53ade5 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. For those of us with multiple Linux installations on a disk, that's a pretty big reason to stick with grub-legacy. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm having a BIG BANG at THEORY!! gmail.com