[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread James
Steven Lembark wrkhors.com> writes: > Solution that works for me: > - Compile the kernel with everything built-in leaving modules for the >few things that really need to be reloadable. Turn everything in >the bloody thing off. This avoids the need for a kernel-specific >filestem

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > So if I do this, what will I have to do to keep the system booting. > Nothing, I installed r7 on June 26th and the system just kept booting. > You can run grub-install if you really want to, but as this is a patch > level update to the same version, the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread wraeth
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:40:16AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:45:59 +1000, wraeth wrote: > > > > could try it on. But it's a headless MythTV backend in the loft, so > > > there will be fun and games if it doesn't boot. > > > > Wouldn't it be more accurate to say there

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:45:59 +1000, wraeth wrote: > > could try it on. But it's a headless MythTV backend in the loft, so > > there will be fun and games if it doesn't boot. > > Wouldn't it be more accurate to say there will be _no_ fun and games if > it doesn't boot? Well, with no TV to watc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread wraeth
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 08:36:51AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > could try it on. But it's a headless MythTV backend in the loft, so > there will be fun and games if it doesn't boot. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say there will be _no_ fun and games if it doesn't boot? -- wraeth GnuPG Key: B

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:54:31 -0400, Jonathan Callen wrote: > The Gummiboot project is no longer maintained, it has been merged into > systemd as systemd-boot (note that using any other part of Systemd > should *not* be required to use systemd-boot, but I don't know for > sure because I do not have

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Jonathan Callen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2015-07-16 17:41, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:01:29 + (UTC), James wrote: > >>> I gave grub-2 a try earlier this week and once again couldn;t >>> figure out how to install that mini-OS that bootstraps a boot >>> loader which

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:01:29 + (UTC), James wrote: > > I gave grub-2 a try earlier this week and once again couldn;t figure > > out how to install that mini-OS that bootstraps a boot loader which > > bootstraps a boot loader which loads code that loads a kernel. So back > > to grub:0 for me

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 16.07.2015 um 22:05 schrieb James: > I spent days during early kernel upgrades getting grub2 happy. You only need to run `grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` after each kernel update. I'm using grub2 not for such a long time, but I made some kernel upgrades since I switched from grub-legacy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Steven Lembark
Solution that works for me: - Compile the kernel with everything built-in leaving modules for the few things that really need to be reloadable. Turn everything in the bloody thing off. This avoids the need for a kernel-specific filestem in the initrd. - This since you don't need any

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread Jarry
On 16-Jul-15 22:08, James wrote: I have similar setup as you and upgraded grub without any problem. If beta2-r3 worked for you, beta2-r7 will as well. If you did not disable /boot automount, there are no special steps needed. Portage will mount /boot, update grub, and dismound afterwards... AH

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
Alec Ten Harmsel alectenharmsel.com> writes: Grub-2.02_beta2-r3  wants to upgrade to grub-2.02_beta2-r7    > It looks like he’s going from grub-2.02 to grub-2.02. I don’t think > any action is necessary. Notice r3--> r7 Grub 2 can be a bear in sheep's clothing > I know that for serve

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
Jarry gmail.com> writes: > I have similar setup as you and upgraded grub without any > problem. If beta2-r3 worked for you, beta2-r7 will as well. > If you did not disable /boot automount, there are no special > steps needed. Portage will mount /boot, update grub, and > dismound afterwards...

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > The don't use it, grub:0 still works just fine It's all working fine (atm). But changes are problematic, or at least they have been in the past > I gave grub-2 a try earlier this week and once again couldn;t figure out > how to install that mini-OS that boot