[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3

Sat Jan 19 00:04:13 CET 2013

On 18/01/13 21:50, André Salaün wrote:
+> Le Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:19:24 +0000
+> Maurice Batey <maurice at bcs.org.uk> a écrit:
+>
+>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:09:41 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
+>>
+>>> As Grub2 devs all but insist Grub2 must be installed to the MBR,
+>>
+>>    Thus preventing the use of such bootloadcers as GAG, and Extipl. so in
+>> that respect GRUB2 is a retrograde step.
+>>
+>> --
+>> /\/\aurice
+>> 	
+>
+> +1
+>
+> Same philosophy as gnome3 : only me.
+> My choice is the goof choice according to myself (Im a dev so I can't be
+> wrong)
+> Same philosophy as Apple : users (like  people) are children ! Elite
+> have to show them the « good way ».
+>
+> Alleluia !
+>
+
+All FUD
+
+Have any of you actually installed grub2 in Cauldron and read 
+/usr/share/doc/grub2/README.Mageia and then actually tried it?
+
+This can be done without upsetting your grub legacy installation in any way.
+
+I have been using grub2 with Mageia since Mga1 and multibooting a dozen 
+or more distros including grub legacy and grub2.
+
+I am currently running Cauldron with only grub2 installed and NOT to the 
+MBR.
+
+I have just net installed current cauldron (so really mga3b2) with grub2 
+(not in MBR) and can multiboot straight into it.
+(at present there is an issue with the installer so the install just 
+needs to be aborted at the bootloader install stage to do this)
+https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8742
+
+As regards the background - grub2 picks up the current default Mageia 
+artwork from the system on install, so this should be automatic.
+
+All these fears are, AFAICT unfounded.
+