Re: grub2 Question

2022-11-01 Thread Felix Miata
Robert McBroom via users composed on 2022-11-01 17:37 (UTC-0400): >> Robert McBroom via users composed on 2022-10-31 17:17 (UTC-0400): >>> ~]# grub2-install /dev/sdc >>> grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms ... > No mention of MBR as the drive is GPT. MBR is impli

Re: grub2 Question

2022-11-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/1/22 14:37, Robert McBroom via users wrote: No mention of MBR as the drive is GPT. Totally UEFI system, four drives three OS. I was suspecting a problem with the boot sector, but on removal of all drives but the one, it boots. Adding the drives one by one to see the point of digression.

Re: grub2 Question

2022-11-01 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 10/31/22 17:26, Felix Miata wrote: Robert McBroom via users composed on 2022-10-31 17:17 (UTC-0400): Running Fedora 35 and trying to fix installed boot files on a third drive. ~]# grub2-install /dev/sdc grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms because it does not s

Re: grub2 Question

2022-10-31 Thread Stephen Morris
On 1/11/22 08:26, Felix Miata wrote: Robert McBroom via users composed on 2022-10-31 17:17 (UTC-0400): Running Fedora 35 and trying to fix installed boot files on a third drive. ~]# grub2-install /dev/sdc grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms because it does not su

Re: grub2 Question

2022-10-31 Thread Felix Miata
Robert McBroom via users composed on 2022-10-31 17:17 (UTC-0400): > Running Fedora 35 and trying to fix installed boot files on a third drive. > ~]# grub2-install /dev/sdc > grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms > because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. > Sec

Re: grub2 Question

2022-10-31 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:17:35 -0400 Robert McBroom via users wrote: > ~]# grub2-install /dev/sdc > grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms > because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. An efi install of grub2 needs more info than just a disk drive. Here is my note fr

Re: grub2 Question

2022-10-31 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/31/22 14:17, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Running Fedora 35 and trying to fix installed boot files on a third drive. ~]# grub2-install /dev/sdc grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. Secure Boot is turned off

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 07/20/2010 06:29 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> The official manual is (fairly recent, AFAIK) >> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/ >> (which is the url of the now MIA grub1 manual). >> > > grub1 is called grub legacy now and doc

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/20/2010 06:29 AM, Tom H wrote: > > The official manual is (fairly recent, AFAIK) > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/ > (which is the url of the now MIA grub1 manual). > grub1 is called grub legacy now and doc for that is at http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:02:12 +0100 > Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> What is the supposed advantage of grub2 over grub? > > As near as I can tell grub2 is a classic example of > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect > > It is supposed to

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> >> To be fair, the difference between grub1/2 and lilo remains that >> grub1/2 don't update the mbr for every config change but only when >> they are set up. >> >> grub2's update is the equivalent of grubby on Fedora and grub

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:02:12 +0100 Timothy Murphy wrote: > What is the supposed advantage of grub2 over grub? As near as I can tell grub2 is a classic example of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect It is supposed to be easier to add support for different filesystems with loadable

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tom H wrote: > To be fair, the difference between grub1/2 and lilo remains that > grub1/2 don't update the mbr for every config change but only when > they are set up. > > grub2's update is the equivalent of grubby on Fedora and grub1's > update-grub on Debian/Ubuntu. What is the supposed advant

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:53:03 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: > >> It isn't quite that bad Tom, I have composed new stanza's for it several >> times now. > > It isn't horrible, but it is a lot more inconvenient that the current > grub, but at least

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:53:03 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > It isn't quite that bad Tom, I have composed new stanza's for it several > times now. It isn't horrible, but it is a lot more inconvenient that the current grub, but at least on ubuntu, if you modify the grub.cfg file directly you are gonn

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday, July 19, 2010 09:52:16 am Tom Horsley did opine: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:44:37 -0400 > > Tom H wrote: > > I wonder what the status of grub2 is in Fedora. > > Hopefully, the status is "we'll stick with grub forever". > The newest ubuntu releases default to grub2 and I find > it incred

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:44:37 -0400 > Tom H wrote: > >> I wonder what the status of grub2 is in Fedora. > > Hopefully, the status is "we'll stick with grub forever". > The newest ubuntu releases default to grub2 and I find > it incredibly inconv

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:44:37 -0400 Tom H wrote: > I wonder what the status of grub2 is in Fedora. Hopefully, the status is "we'll stick with grub forever". The newest ubuntu releases default to grub2 and I find it incredibly inconvenient. I could swear the main driving force behind grub over lilo

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-19 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:54 PM, JD wrote: >  On 07/18/2010 12:13 PM, Tom H wrote: >> >> I have just installed grub2 in an f13 vbox (built through an f13 live >> cd install) and it looks to me like that: >> (1) grub1 is still in control and the mbr is untouched >> (2) you can just uninstall grub2

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-18 Thread JD
On 07/18/2010 12:13 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM, JD wrote: >> Has anyone installed grub2 on F13? >> If yes, did it work OK? >> did you have to manually modify any files >> in /boot/grub? >> >> If it did not work, was it easy to get back to legacy grub? > I have just ins

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-18 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Doron Bar Zeev wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 22:13, Tom H wrote: >> >> For the record: >> >> Installing grub2 added an entry to the grub1 menu pointing to grub2's >> stage 1 img in /boot/grub2. >> >> The grub boot menu remains grub1's and still defaults to

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-18 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 07/19/2010 12:43 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> Installing gettext allows you to run "grub2-mkconfig -o >> /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to create a grub.cfg and be able to chainload >> grub2 from grub1 (I hope that Fedora will eventually add an >> "upda

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-18 Thread Doron Bar Zeev
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 22:13, Tom H wrote: > > For the record: > > Installing grub2 added an entry to the grub1 menu pointing to grub2's > stage 1 img in /boot/grub2. > > The grub boot menu remains grub1's and still defaults to the grub1 > entry to boot the most recent kernel. > > I think you ha

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/19/2010 12:43 AM, Tom H wrote: > > Installing gettext allows you to run "grub2-mkconfig -o > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to create a grub.cfg and be able to chainload > grub2 from grub1 (I hope that Fedora will eventually add an > "update-grub"/"update-grub2" shell script to run "grub2-mkconfig -o

Re: Grub2 question

2010-07-18 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM, JD wrote: >  Has anyone installed grub2 on F13? > If yes, did it work OK? > did you have to manually modify any files > in /boot/grub? > > If it did  not work, was it easy to get back to legacy grub? I have just installed grub2 in an f13 vbox (built through an f13