Re: Bits from the GRUB maintainers
Hi!
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Robert Millan<rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As you may have noticed, upgrades of the GRUB Legacy package (`grub')
> in unstable have begun using GRUB 2 (`grub-pc' package) as upgrade
> path. This means that tentatively, GRUB 2 is to be considered the
> option for Lenny to Squeeze upgrades. It should also become the option
> for new Squeeze installs.
>
> This decision is not final yet! We're looking for feedback on this
> transition. First and foremost, we need people to test GRUB 2 on their
> machines and report any issues that they may find.
>
> GRUB 2 features a cleaner design, and is much more robust than its
> predecessor. Also, unlike GRUB Legacy it's under active development.
>
> Nervertheless, we're aware that for a minority of users, upgrading is
> not currently an option, because they rely on specific features of
> GRUB Legacy that GRUB 2 doesn't provide. For those users, GRUB Legacy
> will continue being supported, at least up untill the Squeeze release.
>
Works for me, on ~20 Servers running kvm / openvz / xen / vserver
works for me on ~5 desktops (dell optiplex)
works for me on 3 laptops (ibm x40-x61)
Keep up your great work!
/me loves grub2
regs,
klaus
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