On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 08:56:54AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > 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. >
Wow - what an improvement. :| Terry
