[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 (was: Feedback on Mageia 3 beta1)

Fri Jan 18 04:09:41 CET 2013

On 2013-01-18 03:31 (GMT+0100) Davy Defaud composed:
+
+> Pierre Jarillon composed:
+
+>> Another interest is Ubuntu which already use Grub2.
+
+> Not only Ubuntu, but also Fedora, openSUSE, Mint, Arch Linux... and even
+> the next Debian Wheezy!
+
+I have nothing against Grub2 being available or even preferred, as long as 
+I'm not forced to chose between Grub2 and no bootloader at all. Grub2 remains 
+immature and overly complicated, with inconsistent docs scattered about, and 
+it's largely inconsistent with Grub Legacy and its docs.
+
+I have more than a dozen multiboot systems with Mandriva, Mageia, Fedora, 
+Debian, Knoppix, Gentoo, *buntu and openSUSE. On all of them I maintain 
+legacy BIOS MBR code exclusively, and reserve the rest of the boot track for 
+my own use. As Grub2 devs all but insist Grub2 must be installed to the MBR, 
+it is not yet a viable option for me as a Grub Legacy replacement, or even 
+adjunct. I do allow *buntu to install Grub2 to its / partition in order to 
+watch development progress of Grub2, but in no other case is Grub2 now or for 
+the foreseeable future going to be on any other / or /boot or any MBR of mine.
+
+On the many systems not requiring features of Grub2 lacking in Grub Legacy, 
+the complications and requirements of Grub2 are unwarranted. Grub Legacy 
+maintenance absence is a non-issue, as it just works, as long as no attempt 
+is made to use it for anything it doesn't support. So if Grub Legacy gets 
+dropped from a distro without allowing an option to install no bootloader at 
+all, I drop the distro. Likely there are other multibooters who feel the same 
+way.
+-- 
+"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
+words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
+
+  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
+
+Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/
+