Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
>> On 06/24/2012 10:51 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to move 2.00 to [core] via [testing] when it is released, >>> letting the grub-bios (atm grub2-bios) replace the old grub package. >>> Adding an install message and a news item is probably a good idea at >>> the time. >>> >>> I'll be pushing grub2 rc1 to [testing] in a moment if you want to give >>> it a try. Final 2.00 release should be in one of the next days. >>> GRUB 2.00 released - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2012-06/msg00093.html Regards. Keshav
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:34 AM, Ionut Biru wrote: > On 06/24/2012 10:51 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Tobias Powalowski >> wrote: >>> HI >>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2012-06/msg00071.html >>> grub2 will hit final status soon, should packages be renamed then? >>> Any plan how to handle this. >>> Imho we move grub-legacy to aur or at least extra then. >>> >>> Thanks >>> greetings >>> tpowa >>> >>> -- >>> Tobias Powalowski >>> Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) >>> http://www.archlinux.org >>> tp...@archlinux.org >>> >>> >> >> I was about to post a similar message... >> >> Anyway, I was planning to drop support of grub1. There has been no >> upstream for a long time and all newer features are patched in or >> require additional patches. I don't see a need to have it in [extra] >> as grub-legacy. No problem uploading it to AUR so people can continue >> to use it if they want, although you need i686 to build it so that >> could be the only reason to keep it in [extra] for a bit... >> >> I've seen no major breakages in grub2 since beta2 iirc. Upstream >> development has been going towards stability in recent betas and I >> would consider it stable at the moment: there were no real bug reports >> in the bugtracker for the last few months. >> >> I'd like to move 2.00 to [core] via [testing] when it is released, >> letting the grub-bios (atm grub2-bios) replace the old grub package. >> Adding an install message and a news item is probably a good idea at >> the time. >> > > Do not replace grub. Most users won't read the pacman output and the > configuration syntax was changed, resulting in a non booting system. > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Generate_GRUB2_BIOS_Config_file . You can convert menu.lst/grub.conf to grub.cfg using grub-menulst2cfg. But since grub1 files will be removed from /boot/grub, that may lead to non-bootable system, unless the user installs grub2 to the MBR using grub-install. > Let them move to grub-bios. > >> I'll be pushing grub2 rc1 to [testing] in a moment if you want to give >> it a try. Final 2.00 release should be in one of the next days. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronald >> > > > -- > Ionuț > > >
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Am 24.06.2012 22:54, schrieb Ionut Biru: >> On 06/24/2012 11:37 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: >>> sorry I meant pkgbase >>> >>> Ronald >>> >> >> it's fine to have pkgbase=grub. > > I fear it's not as grub already has this pkgbase. They have to be > unique and also refer to their name in the svn repo. pacman itself does > not care about pkgbase though. > This can be solved by renaming grub(1) to grub-legacy and current grub2 to grub. - Keshav > -- > Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
> > > > I'll be pushing grub2 rc1 to [testing] in a moment if you want to give > > it a try. Final 2.00 release should be in one of the next days. > > > > Cheers, > > Ronald > > > > [replying in arch-general] > > Is there anything special that users of [testing] need to do to keep > things booting ok (UEFI and/or BIOS)? Or is a simple pacman -Syu sufficient? > >Thanks Not sure if this is or still an issue for multibooters but p32 of the Grub2 manual states this. 5.3 Multi-boot manual config Currently autogenerating config files for multi-boot environments depends on os-prober and has several shortcomings. While fixing it is scheduled for the next release, meanwhile you can make use of the power of GRUB syntax and do it yourself. A possible configuration is detailed here, feel free to adjust to your needs. p.s. I believe an alternative is to stick to Grub until it is fixed? -- Why not do something good every day and install BOINC.
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
On 06/24/2012 03:51 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: .. I'll be pushing grub2 rc1 to [testing] in a moment if you want to give it a try. Final 2.00 release should be in one of the next days. Cheers, Ronald [replying in arch-general] Is there anything special that users of [testing] need to do to keep things booting ok (UEFI and/or BIOS)? Or is a simple pacman -Syu sufficient? Thanks gene
