On Fri, Jun 29 2012, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > On 29.06.2012 20:46, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> 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 >> > > Yes - to both > > - you can mask the slot for grub2 > - you can install grub2 (that is the binaries) and continue to use > grub legacy (until you issue grub2-install <device>).
Great. As I thought. thanks, allan
