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 362881384C0 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:46:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 830E8142A2; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:46:32 +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 08551141A8 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:46:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVX61-0005V2-PH for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:46:25 +0200 Received: from c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([24.118.110.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:46:25 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:46:25 +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: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <201508272003.05417.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20150828102431.130f9f8c@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.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: c5f96407-5cd4-4454-ab80-f57b11f46e6e X-Archives-Hash: c0f1e1e686a70d9939573550c9070962 On 2015-08-28, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:34:30 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> I know it has worked in the past, and I know that recent versions of >> some distros that use Grub2 still allow you to pick a partition for >> the bootloader during the install. > > I'm installing openSUSE 13.2 into a VM right now and the *default* > location for installing GRUB2 is a partition! So what's all the fuss > about? The last time I checked, CentOS/RH/Fedora don't allow installing a bootloader to a partition. At least I _think_ they don't allow it. I find the installer completely baffling. I've done at least half-dozen installs in the past year or two, and I still find the installer impossible to fathom. Though many things about Ubuntu don't agree with me, at least the installer makes some sort of sense. I link the Gentoo isntaller best of all. -- Grant