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pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

Does this mean Grub2 is out of alpha?

no, grub2 is still alpha as indicated by the install message and the warning on the wiki page.
Grub2 allows you to boot from ext4 (at least it should allow you to do so), which IFAIK is not possible with grub-legacy.

ps. grub2 is the codename for the next generation of grub.
ps2. grub-legacy (called grub in the repos) is still the default one and just works so there is no need to do the upgrade if you don't want to

Last edited by pressh (2008-12-04 10:45:50)

redbit

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Registered: 2007-11-13

Posts: 57

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

Is grub2 loading faster than grub-legacy? Because my laptop needs about 4-5 seconds to load grub, thats about half of the time it needs to resume from hibernation.

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pjjanak

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Registered: 2008-08-17

Posts: 128

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

@tcoffeep: No, it's not out of alpha.

@fettouhi: What do you mean by "graphical" backgrounds?

Peter

fettouhi

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Registered: 2007-05-07

Posts: 745

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

@tcoffeep: No, it's not out of alpha.

@fettouhi: What do you mean by "graphical" backgrounds?

Peter

Like I said, is it possible to add background images with the grub2 package like you can with grub-gfx in community? Or do you have to patch it?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub-gfx

Regards

André

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

So, is grub2 going to replace the grub-legacy from core when it gets released ?

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rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

So, is grub2 going to replace the grub-legacy from core when it gets released ?

That would seem to follow the arch way.  Latest and greatest and all that.

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andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

For those who don't know, grub2 is already in extra. And there's a wiki article about it.

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pjjanak

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Registered: 2008-08-17

Posts: 128

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

@tcoffeep: No, it's not out of alpha.

@fettouhi: What do you mean by "graphical" backgrounds?

Peter

Like I said, is it possible to add background images with the grub2 package like you can with grub-gfx in community? Or do you have to patch it?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub-gfx

Regards

André

Yes. It does. You have to set a video mode though. And I can't figure out how to do that...might have something to do with vga.

Peter

fettouhi

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Registered: 2007-05-07

Posts: 745

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

you have to set vga=791.

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André

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

So, is grub2 going to replace the grub-legacy from core when it gets released ?

That would seem to follow the arch way.  Latest and greatest and all that.

Grub2 is at the stage of a development release, so I hope that archlinux is going to offer it as a mere alternative to grub-legacy, at least until it reaches 2.0 (which, considered the pace of its development, will happen in the fourth millennium).
I say this also because I have two laptops where I have never managed to install properly grub2, so I am a bit partial

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j.roszk

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From: Poznan/Poland

Registered: 2008-05-22

Posts: 29

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Re: why are we still using grub legacy?

I have two laptops where I have never managed to install properly grub2, so I am a bit partial

I have managed to install it on a laptop, but honestly I see no difference (therefore no point of grub2 )

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