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binarydrummer

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Registered: 2012-01-26

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Installing Grub2

I just had a look on the wiki and it's probably the most confusing entry.. Could someone post some simplistic steps to upgrade over to grub2 from gub-legacy?

thx!

bohoomil

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Registered: 2010-09-04

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Re: Installing Grub2

What exactly do you find confusing or difficult to understand?

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DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

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Re: Installing Grub2

GRUB 2 is not that bad. There are two places from which to configure it:
• the /etc/default/grub file;
• and anything from the /etc/grub.d folder (which is kinda like what newer versions of Xorg have been doing for many months now instead of one, unified xorg.conf).

And then, for the settings to take place you need to run:

# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Personally I switched to Syslinux. Much, much easier. Both in understanding and in application.

Last edited by DSpider (2012-04-08 09:36:07)

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: Installing Grub2

Could someone post some simplistic steps to upgrade over to grub2...!

You read the wiki, but the exact steps to install from a running system are explicitly presented there...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … Arch_Linux

BTW, I performed that exact sequence about a month ago.  Works like a charm.

Last edited by ewaller (2012-04-07 21:29:52)

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