On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 12:25 -0400, Kyle wrote:
> According to Ralf Mardorf:
> > I'm still using grub legacy on my machine. Is there a reason not to use
> > grub legacy anymore? I also used grub2, but I don't like it. I never
> > used any other bootloader on a PC.
> > I never noticed any drawbacks u
According to Ralf Mardorf:
I'm still using grub legacy on my machine. Is there a reason not to use
grub legacy anymore? I also used grub2, but I don't like it. I never
used any other bootloader on a PC.
I never noticed any drawbacks using grub legacy.
If you are planning to keep your bootloader i
On 09/11/12 at 09:58am, Rodrigo Rivas wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Curtis Shimamoto <
> sugar.and.scru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The link I provided clearly shows you how to install to the mbr of a
> > partition.
> >
>
> As Bjoern Franke pointed out previously in this thread, there
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 08:26 -0400, Stephen E. Baker wrote:
> On 10/09/2012 6:57 AM, Kyle wrote:
> > According to Thomas Bächler:
> >> Let me also express part of my personal opinion, which others might
> >> disagree with: If you wanted high quality software, why did you install
> >> GRUB? If you wa
On 10/09/2012 6:57 AM, Kyle wrote:
According to Thomas Bächler:
Let me also express part of my personal opinion, which others might
disagree with: If you wanted high quality software, why did you install
GRUB? If you want a decent bootloader, use syslinux.
Actually, at least from where I'm si
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Curtis Shimamoto <
sugar.and.scru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The link I provided clearly shows you how to install to the mbr of a
> partition.
>
As Bjoern Franke pointed out previously in this thread, there is no such
thing as "the MBR of a partition". MBRs are only a
On 09/10/12 at 04:20am, John Hutchison wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 04:29:22AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > I have /dev/sda1 root, /dev/sda2 swap and /dev/sda3 /home. So this is not
> > a single partition setup but a three partition setup if you count swap.
> Assume for this that /dev/sda
According to Thomas Bächler:
Let me also express part of my personal opinion, which others might
disagree with: If you wanted high quality software, why did you install
GRUB? If you want a decent bootloader, use syslinux.
Actually, at least from where I'm sitting, this "personal opinion" has a
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 04:29:22AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I have /dev/sda1 root, /dev/sda2 swap and /dev/sda3 /home. So this is not
> a single partition setup but a three partition setup if you count swap.
Assume for this that /dev/sda is the bootloader _AND_ the device. As was
said before
Am 10.09.2012 10:12, schrieb Jude DaShiell:
> I had intended to install grub into mbr on /dev/sda1. I used
> --target=i386-pc as provided in the grub-install step and did so with
> misgivings since the machine I use is an x86-64 machine. The only x86-64
> target on the arch beginner's guide wa
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012, Bjoern Franke wrote:
>
>
> >
> > I had intended to install grub into mbr on /dev/sda1. I used
> > --target=i386-pc as provided in the grub-install step and did so with
> > misgivings since the machine I use is an x86-64 machine. The only x86-64
> > target on the arch b
>
> I had intended to install grub into mbr on /dev/sda1. I used
> --target=i386-pc as provided in the grub-install step and did so with
> misgivings since the machine I use is an x86-64 machine. The only x86-64
> target on the arch beginner's guide was for ufi not bios. A bug like this
>
On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Curtis Shimamoto wrote:
> On 09/09/12 at 11:15pm, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > I am learning more about my hardware doing an archlinux installation on an
> > amd k8 athelon system. Apparently grub won't work without use of
> > blocklists and it complains that blocklists are unre
On 09/09/12 at 11:15pm, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I am learning more about my hardware doing an archlinux installation on an
> amd k8 athelon system. Apparently grub won't work without use of
> blocklists and it complains that blocklists are unreliable so cannot embed
> and for that reason won't i
2012/9/10 Jude DaShiell
> I am learning more about my hardware doing an archlinux installation on an
> amd k8 athelon system. Apparently grub won't work without use of
> blocklists and it complains that blocklists are unreliable so cannot embed
> and for that reason won't install. Fortunately a
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