grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

dhave · 2011-02-11 20:29:26

I switched to grub2 only a couple of months ago when I installed an SSD as my main boot drive for Arch. It took me a bit of doing to migrate from grub, but I finally got it working and haven't worried with it since.

Now pacman proposes replacing grub2 with grub2-bios. I've tried to read up on this, but I'm confused.

Is this a change I want or not?

Thanks!

Last edited by dhave (2011-02-11 22:43:14)

anonymous_user · 2011-02-11 20:49:47

If your computer is not using EFI, then yes.

litemotiv · 2011-02-11 21:04:41

The grub packages were split, it should be a safe upgrade.

graysky · 2011-02-11 21:28:15

+1 - upgraded and works just fine (not an EFI BIOS here). You will need to vimdiff your /etc/default/grub and your /etc/grub/40_custom if you have it.

litemotiv · 2011-02-11 21:42:19

graysky wrote:

+1 - upgraded and works just fine (not an EFI BIOS here). You will need to vimdiff your /etc/default/grub and your /etc/grub/40_custom if you have it.

Afaik the custom config is automatically copied back after the installation?

dhave · 2011-02-11 22:24:04

Thanks, guys. Update went without a hitch. Thread marked "solved".

graysky · 2011-02-12 00:56:37

litemotiv wrote:

graysky wrote:
+1 - upgraded and works just fine (not an EFI BIOS here). You will need to vimdiff your /etc/default/grub and your /etc/grub/40_custom if you have it.
Afaik the custom config is automatically copied back after the installation?

I had to vimdiff them; here is the pacman.log FYI-

[2011-02-11 16:16] starting full system upgrade
[2011-02-11 16:16] warning: /etc/grub.d/40_custom saved as /etc/grub.d/40_custom.pacsave
[2011-02-11 16:16] warning: /etc/default/grub saved as /etc/default/grub.pacsave
[2011-02-11 16:16] warning: /boot/grub/grub.cfg saved as /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave
[2011-02-11 16:16] removed grub2 (1.98-5)
[2011-02-11 16:16] Copying /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave to /boot/grub/grub.cfg
[2011-02-11 16:17] Generating grub.cfg.example config file... done.
[2011-02-11 16:17]  An example config file is created at /boot/grub/grub.cfg.example

Last edited by graysky (2011-02-12 00:57:22)

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#1 2011-02-11 20:29:26

grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

#2 2011-02-11 20:49:47

Re: grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

#3 2011-02-11 21:04:41

Re: grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

#4 2011-02-11 21:28:15

Re: grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

#5 2011-02-11 21:42:19

Re: grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

#6 2011-02-11 22:24:04

Re: grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

#7 2011-02-12 00:56:37

Re: grub2-bios -- yes or no? [SOLVED]

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