Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 6 May 2016 16:21:28 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Thanks. That's good to know -- I'll definitely set things up so I'm > >> not running winusb as root. > > > > Well, you could always reinstall grub-0 before rebooting, to make > > sure. > > I just created a systemsrescuecd boo

[gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread James
Grant Edwards gmail.com> writes: > I'd like to to install winusb, and it appears to depend on grub-2: > $ sudo emerge -av winusb Ok, so I've never used winusb, so excuse me for asking a few dumb questions here. Even after reading a bit and searching around, I have these dumb questions. I did

[gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-06, Peter Humphrey wrote: It is entirely possible that winusb might call grub2-install with your USB disk as a target. That would also be fairly safe. >>> >>> And in fact, it does exactly that: >>> >>> # Grub >>> echo "Installing grub..." >>> grub2-install --root-directory=

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 06 May 2016 14:41:57 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-05-06, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > >> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > [...] > > >>> Yes, I know not to run grub2-install (and I trust that winusb will not > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, May 05, 2016 09:24:03 PM Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> I'd like to to install winusb, and it appears to depend on grub-2: >>> $ sudo emerge -av winusb >>> >>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: >>> >>> Calculating dependen

[gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-06, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Grant Edwards >> wrote: [...] >>> Yes, I know not to run grub2-install (and I trust that winusb will not >>> do so either). Just to be sure, I'll not run winusb as root..

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> On 2016-05-06, Mike Gilbert wrote: >>> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Peter Humphrey >>> wrote: On Thursday 05 May 2016 19:45:53 Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2016

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-05-06, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> On Thursday 05 May 2016 19:45:53 Mike Gilbert wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > [...] > Since grub-2.

[gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-06, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Thursday 05 May 2016 19:45:53 Mike Gilbert wrote: >>> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Grant Edwards >>> wrote: [...] Since grub-2.02 is being installed in a new slot, one would assume it w

Re: [gentoo-user] Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 05 May 2016 19:45:53 Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Grant Edwards >> wrote: > --->8 >> > I'm prefectly happy with grub-0.97, and want to continue >> > using it. If I let portage install grub:2, is it goin

Re: [gentoo-user] Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, May 05, 2016 09:24:03 PM Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > I'd like to to install winusb, and it appears to depend on grub-2: > > $ sudo emerge -av winusb > > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > [eb

Re: [gentoo-user] Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

2016-05-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 05 May 2016 19:45:53 Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Grant Edwards > wrote: --->8 > > I'm prefectly happy with grub-0.97, and want to continue > > using it. If I let portage install grub:2, is it going to interfere > > with my continued use of grub:0? > > > > Si