Grub2

[les]

On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 03:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2012-12-08 18:07 (GMT-0800) les composed:
> 
> > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 15:06 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> Is this problem restricted to machine(s) only you use?
> 
> >> If yes, were Grub Legacy behavior and features adequate for your needs?
> 
> >> If yes, consider removing Grub2 and installing Grub Legacy using CPIO and/or
> >> MC and the instructions on
> >> http://orgs.man.ac.uk/documentation/grub/grub_3.html#SEC9. That way Yum won't
> >> try to remove or disturb it.
> 
> >> I don't install any bootloader during system installation when the only
> >> bootloader option presented is Grub2, but I don't have any systems that
> >> require features Grub Legacy lacks.
> 
> > 	I certainly could do that, but what would happen then to updates?
> 
> Which updates? Grub2 won't get updated if it isn't installed. You'll need to 
> update Grub's menu yourself at kernel update time. You can make that easier 
> on yourself by maintaining /boot/vmlinuz-cur and /boot/vmlinuz-prv symlinks 
> to the two most recent kernels and use the symlinks in Grub's menu. I have a 
> boot partition I don't mount as boot, and keep a fully self-maintained Grub 
> on it to use instead of all the Grubs installed to / partitions.
> 
> Once any Legacy Grub is installed and working properly, it _never_ needs to 
> be updated to a newer version. Only the boot menu needs to be kept maintained 
> to match the installed kernels and initrds. With the much more complex and 
> still significantly evolving Grub2, that's not so.
> 
> > Would the tools be clobbered with the grub2 stuff later?
> 
> Which tools?
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Which tools:
	grub-mkconfig etc.