On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:19:21 +1100, blind Pete wrote:
> What I've been doing lately is to install everything with its default boot
> loader into its root partition and have a tiny partition at the end of the
> disk that contains just a lilo configuration file and map file.
I have similar 'Plan
Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:51:52 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
>
>> If you have another distribution
>> installed with grub-legacy it is easy to install a second distro which
>> uses grub2 (use chainloader in your existing grub-legacy).
>
> Depends on where GRUB2 is install
Op maandag 3 december 2012 21:35:52 schreef Maurice Batey:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
> > grub-legacy hasn't been supported for years,
>
> I don't understand what you are saying.
>
> Perhaps it's a terminology thing.
>
> I'm using "GRUB-Legacy" to mean "The version of G
Op dinsdag 4 december 2012 00:42:40 schreef Wolfgang Bornath:
> 2012/12/3 Maurice Batey :
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
> >> grub2 has btrfs support
> >>
> > So for those pioneers who want to use btrfs, let them have an 'install
> > with
> >
> > GRUB2" option, and keep
2012/12/3 Maurice Batey :
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
>
>> grub2 has btrfs support
>
> So for those pioneers who want to use btrfs, let them have an 'install with
> GRUB2" option, and keep GRUB-Legacy as default?!
Yes, at least until btrfs is really working - if I'm not mi
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
> grub2 has btrfs support
So for those pioneers who want to use btrfs, let them have an 'install with
GRUB2" option, and keep GRUB-Legacy as default?!
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
> grub-legacy hasn't been supported for years,
I don't understand what you are saying.
Perhaps it's a terminology thing.
I'm using "GRUB-Legacy" to mean "The version of GRUB we are using in pre-GRUB2
Distro's".
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:40:35 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> As long as it is in the distribution, why do you need the installer to
> support it, as long as you can reconfigure it thereafter ?
If you are meaning that Mageia-3 will contain the capability of using
GRUB-Legacy but will install GR
On 2012-12-03 19:40 (GMT+0100) Guillaume Rousse composed:
As long as it is in the distribution, why do you need the installer to
support it, as long as you can reconfigure it thereafter ?
Grub2 installation is much more disruptive than the minimal or non-disruptive
Grub Legacy.
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Op maandag 3 december 2012 18:01:28 schreef Maurice Batey:
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:51:52 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
If you have another distribution
installed with grub-legacy it is easy to install a second distro which
uses grub2 (use chainloader in your existin
Op maandag 3 december 2012 18:01:28 schreef Maurice Batey:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:51:52 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> > If you have another distribution
> > installed with grub-legacy it is easy to install a second distro which
> > uses grub2 (use chainloader in your existing grub-legacy).
>
Le 03/12/2012 18:47, Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:40:11 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
Why do you care about installer support, for stuff already installed ?
Not for 'stuff installed', but for the installation of Mageia-3, with which I
would prefer to use GRUB-Legacy - he
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:51:52 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> If you have another distribution
> installed with grub-legacy it is easy to install a second distro which
> uses grub2 (use chainloader in your existing grub-legacy).
Depends on where GRUB2 is installed.
If it goes in the MBR, then h
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:40:11 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Why do you care about installer support, for stuff already installed ?
Not for 'stuff installed', but for the installation of Mageia-3, with which I
would prefer to use GRUB-Legacy - hence the enquiry "Will the Mageia-3 installer
off
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:39:28 -0500, andre999 wrote:
> Grub2 does seem more complicated to customize.
That's the understatement of the year!
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Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:43:28 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
I guess he means that if we switch to Grub2 by default, will we still
support greb legacy ?
Correct!
I.e. when installing 'GRUB2' Mageia-3, will there be an option to use
GRUB-Legacy instead?
The reason I
2012/12/3 Guillaume Rousse :
> Le 02/12/2012 13:13, Maurice Batey a écrit :
>>
>> Those are just some of the reasons why I would like to avoid - or postpone
>> -
>> conversion to GRUB2, the need for which I still fail to comprehend.
>
> Why do you care about installer support, for stuff already ins
Le 02/12/2012 13:13, Maurice Batey a écrit :
Those are just some of the reasons why I would like to avoid - or postpone -
conversion to GRUB2, the need for which I still fail to comprehend.
Why do you care about installer support, for stuff already installed ?
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:43:28 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> I guess he means that if we switch to Grub2 by default, will we still
> support greb legacy ?
Correct!
I.e. when installing 'GRUB2' Mageia-3, will there be an option to use
GRUB-Legacy instead?
The reason I ask is that:
(1) On m
Sandro CAZZANIGA skrev 1.12.2012 20:11:
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Will the 'official' Mageia-3 installer have a 'GRUB Legacy'
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A 'GRUB Legacy' option? What do you mean?
I guess he means that if we switch to Grub2 by def
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> Will the 'official' Mageia-3 installer have a 'GRUB Legacy'
> option?
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A 'GRUB Legacy' option? What do you mean?
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Will the 'official' Mageia-3 installer have a 'GRUB Legacy' option?
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