* Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> [120629 14:53]: > Now that grub is slotted (slot:2 is grub2; slot:0 is legacy grub), > an update world will merge grub-2.00 along side my current > grub-0.97-r12. > > Am I correct in believing that, if I *do* the emerge but *not* do > anything else with grub, I will continue to use legacy grub (-0.97-r12) > whenever I boot? > > I realize I can add > sys-boot/grub:2 > to package.mask > > thanks, > allan
I believe that's the case. Until you run grub2-install you'll still run your old grub 0.92-r12. Make sure you do the step mentioned in the emerge output though and get grub:0 in your world file or else the next emerge --depclean will remove your grub-0.97-r12. Todd