On 10/04/2011 06:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <n...@digimed.co.uk > <mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk>> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> > Subject line says it pretty well. Is grub2 stable, who uses it and can >> > you post your experience on the switching process? Was it difficult? >> >> I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a couple >> of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switching process >> as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good time >> to get to grips with it. >> >> GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different. If you >> try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more problems than if >> you approach is as learning a new system. >> > > Kind of tangential... > > Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going forward > with grub2?
Grub2 is weird (coming from anything that isn't grub2), and if you mess up the upgrade, you can't boot. It's a support nightmare.
