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Re: netinst.iso - a "learning experience"- Part 1 grub



On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 04:36:05PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 15:40 +0200, an unknown sender wrote:
> > Using Grub Legacy is attractive.
> >    How complex would the change be?
> 
> Remove GRUB 2 and install GRUB Legacy. That's it.
> 
> >    In the future would an "update" or "upgrade" try to move 
> > me back to GRUB2?
> 
> I don't think so.
> 

Quite possibly. Grub legacy is not maintained to the same extent.


> > I know that part of "advantage" of GRUB2 is handling newer 
> > hardware/technology. I would have to check to see if that 
> > would be helpful to me in near future.
> 
> I didn't know about that.
> 
> - Ralf
> 

Grub2 is, potentially, the way forward not just for Debian but
for other Linux distributions.

If you've a working GRUB2 - you're fine for a few years yet :)

Just my 0.02

AndyC


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