diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021860.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021860.html | 138 |
1 files changed, 138 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021860.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021860.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c8a38a411 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021860.html @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Grub2%20vs.%20Grub%20Legacy%20in%20M3&In-Reply-To=%3C50FC0F04.9080206%40zen.co.uk%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="021842.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="021870.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3</H1> + <B>Barry Jackson</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Grub2%20vs.%20Grub%20Legacy%20in%20M3&In-Reply-To=%3C50FC0F04.9080206%40zen.co.uk%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3">zen25000 at zen.co.uk + </A><BR> + <I>Sun Jan 20 16:36:36 CET 2013</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="021842.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 [play nice, people] +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="021870.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#21860">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#21860">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#21860">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#21860">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On 19/01/13 11:42, André Salaün wrote: + +><i> +</I>><i> So it'is a fud launched by grub2 developpers when they recommend +</I>><i> installing it only on the MBR. +</I> +No not at all, done that way it is open to the filesystem moving the +files and breaking the boot. The same is apparently true in legacy, but +it rarely poses a problem. + +What I am saying is that I don't see this as a limitation. + +If core.img is placed in the filesystem, as is done when our grub2 +(package) is installed, and if the primary bootloader can read that +filesystem (i.e. has the correct modules loaded) then it can find, read +and multiboot using that core.img. + +See README.Mageia in the grub2 package. +><i> +</I>><i> Since the apparition of grub2 all that is almost unclear. +</I> +Yes - documentation has not been a strong point of grub2 in the past but +it has improved dramatically in recent months. +><i> +</I>><i> Lack of communication or understandability I don't know but the fact is +</I>><i> that grub2 is a problem for many users. +</I> +Most of those user reports are old - many bugs have been fixed and +features have improved recently. Much bad press was caused by a nasty +bug in os-prober which broke multi-booting of legacy installations from +grub2 - it was fixed in 1.53 which was the version we originally imported. + +><i> +</I>><i> If we add EFI UEFI (of course not linux fault) it is a easyless +</I>><i> installing one or different Gnu/linux systems than 3 years ago. +</I> +True - we do also have a grub2-efi which has had limited testing, +however I know nothing about efi :/ +><i> +</I>><i> But perhaps I am a stupid linux user since 13 or 14 years and I should +</I>><i> have to buy Apple product or W8 ;-) +</I>><i> +</I> +:<i>) +</I></PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="021842.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 [play nice, people] +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="021870.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#21860">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#21860">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#21860">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#21860">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |