Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:37:37 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having trouble
> with grub2.
> 
> I can't find the recommended upgrade path.

Debian wiki provides brief steps:

http://wiki.debian.org/Grub#Upgrading_from_v1_to_v2

(I hope they're still valid)
 
> I have a laptop that boots squeeze using grub-legacy.  The squeeze
> release notes tell me that during upgrade from lenny I had the option to
> chain-load grub2 from grub.  That seems like a safe way to go.
> 
> Now I never actually did this upgrade, just kept updating testing every
> few weeks, until testing got to be squeeze.  What do I do now to do this
> upgrade, and get this safe chain-load option?  Just install grub2 using
> aptitude?  Or does the lenny->squeeze upgrade do something sneakier?

(...)

Do you think it's now worth upgrading? Unless you have a special need on 
GRUB 2, I would keep the current GRUB until you upgrade or reinstall your 
system again.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón