On 01/29/2013 01:14 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 22/01/13 22:18, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-01-22 14:47 (GMT+0400) Andrey Borzenkov composed:
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:29:46 -0500 Felix Miata composed:
On 2013-01-22 10:22 (GMT+0100) Hans Witvliet composed:
Limitations of grub-legacy are a real PITA.
As are the complications of Grub2.
grub2 requires knowledge of a single command - grub2-install. I do not call this overly complicated.
You over-simplify.
Due to the significant differences between Grub Legacy and Grub2, to become competent in the use of grub2-install may require unlearning grub-install.
On multiboot systems, mixing the two is a can of worms.
Grub Legacy can be maintained and used through its shell and thus without mounting the target and without dependence on config files scattered in disparate locations. To me who already knows Grub Legacy and has no need for features it lacks, this is an overwhelming advantage. It's good enough to carry me until such point as I need EFI loading kernels and initrds directly, making Grub2, depending on POV, either stillborn, or dead end.
Felix,
I have been knocking my head against the brick wall trying to understand how I can install multiple OSs with grub/grub2, and have used very, VERY, bad language directed at whoever came up with the concept of grub2!
I have sent this person to the lowest level of the lowest sub-basement of hell after I was stupid enough to believe the blurb that grub2 was the future and used it when I installed oS 12.2 :-( .
In trying to understand grub2 I came across this:
http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/down/articles/LSK_multi_distro_install_US.pd...
and the comment by Hans above re using the single command "grub2-install" made me read the above pdf again. And again.....and again....and again.....
(Whoever wrote that pdf article appears to have had it edited, or something, and it is not a smooth flowing article but possibly a combination of 2 separate versions of the article melded together.)
I am now starting to work out what is necessary to be done to harness grub2.
I am at a point now where tomorrow I will attempt to perform what that pdf describes has to be done to be able to install and boot multiple OSs using grub2.
Using grub2 sounds like a piece of cake.
But then, everything is easy when you know what you are doing, right? :-)
Tomorrow then is D-DAY!
BC
This bootloader pdf is a poorly created article. First off, never edit the "grub.cfg" file manually due to the fact that when you run grub2-mkconfig command, all of the manual entries will disappear. If you want to make chainloader entries, use the /etc/grub.d/40_custom file. Save your changes and then run: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg then: shutdown -r now to see your new entries during Grub2 start up. Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------- openSUSE -- Get it! Discover it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------- http://linuxcounter.net/ #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org