Curiousity about Grub2 and the Arch ISO

LeoSolaris · 2009-11-10 15:08:37

I know that one can choose to switch over to grub2 after installation, I just wanted to know if/when grub2 would be put into the installer as a default, or an option in the installation process.

Are we waiting for more code maturity?

skottish · 2009-11-10 15:13:29

LeoSolaris wrote:

I know that one can choose to switch over to grub2 after installation, I just wanted to know if/when grub2 would be put into the installer as a default, or an option in the installation process.
Are we waiting for more code maturity?

Hiya Kev,

I just dropped grub2 for grub after many months of using it on my workstation. I wanted to make a single change to the menu and there was no way for me to update it. Basically it started to complain about the physical geometry of my partitions. I found a number of bug reports with the same problem, of which some were from developers of other distros. I vote for way too immature to be a replacement for grub.

LeoSolaris · 2009-11-11 03:33:14

Hey Scott,

I figured as much, which is why it has yet to make a major splash in the Linux news. I've tried it out and liked it so far, but then again, I have not tried to change anything drastic, like adding partitions.

Hmm... If it wasn't for the risk of having to use the install just to regain access to my stuff, I would try it out by putting a new distro in some of my free space.

It's time to go back up if I am starting to feel worried about any data I have on this hard drive!

Thanks for the heads up about this rather nasty bug. I had not looked at their bugtracker.

By the way, your new profile picture looks like the crazy guy is about to eat the trusting woman who just wants a kiss.

Last edited by LeoSolaris (2009-11-11 03:34:05)

Ranguvar · 2009-11-11 04:03:56

I think making it an option is a good idea, because GRUB2 supports many new partition formats and such

fettouhi · 2009-11-11 14:29:42

I also would like to switch to Grub2 but since I'm running RAID 0 on my machine and I've yet to figure out how installed grub2 on a RAID... Is it even possible, since the grub terminal doesn't exist in grub2?

Regards

André

pressh · 2009-11-11 15:03:53

fettouhi wrote:

I also would like to switch to Grub2 but since I'm running RAID 0 on my machine and I've yet to figure out how installed grub2 on a RAID... Is it even possible, since the grub terminal doesn't exist in grub2?

http://grub.enbug.org/LVMandRAID

... never tried it though

fettouhi · 2009-11-13 20:02:27

pressh wrote:

fettouhi wrote:
I also would like to switch to Grub2 but since I'm running RAID 0 on my machine and I've yet to figure out how installed grub2 on a RAID... Is it even possible, since the grub terminal doesn't exist in grub2?
http://grub.enbug.org/LVMandRAID
... never tried it though

Using dmraid not LVm.

tavianator · 2009-11-13 21:10:04

That tutorial is for both LVM and RAID. Just do the parts applicable to RAID.

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#1 2009-11-10 15:08:37

Curiousity about Grub2 and the Arch ISO

#2 2009-11-10 15:13:29

Re: Curiousity about Grub2 and the Arch ISO

#3 2009-11-11 03:33:14

Re: Curiousity about Grub2 and the Arch ISO

#4 2009-11-11 04:03:56

Re: Curiousity about Grub2 and the Arch ISO

#5 2009-11-11 14:29:42

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#6 2009-11-11 15:03:53

Re: Curiousity about Grub2 and the Arch ISO

#7 2009-11-13 20:02:27

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