On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:42:40 -0400, Tom H wrote: >> >> For the record, I prefer grub1's config to grub2's but grub2's been >> almost problem-free for me for a long time. Almost: one small problem >> (Karmic's grub2 couldn't recognize Fedora's initrd when creating a >> Fedora menu entry) and one big problem (until last summer, grub2 >> couldn't boot from mdraid metadata 1.x). > > I also find GRUB legacy more suitable to my needs. I don't remember any > problem with it, I mean, nothing that could not be solved by manually > editing the "menu.lst" or by launching GRUB's legacy console from the > menu. It had a small set of options and files to tweak (compared to GRUB > 2) but I see that as a plus rather than a weakness because that makes it > less vulnerable to flaws. Of course, I understand there are people with > new needs that find GRUB 2 perfect for them, so having both options > available in the installer is, IMO, a perfect deal :-)
For grub2, there's also just one file to tweak, "/etc/default/grub", and the CLI tools are more powerful. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that grub1 won't be available in Wheezy once it's published... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=ENoOdtUWs7=cu-xb9rb4avey...@mail.gmail.com
