On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:42:40 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yesterday I had to perform an new install with the latest wheezy >> snapshot (weekly CD#1 image). >> >> 1/ I could only get grub-pc, no more questions about installing GRUB >> legacy or select the new version... is that right? I thought GRUB2 is >> still an ongoing project, quite stable but still getting many >> enhancements. >> >> Point 1/ worries me a bit, because GRUB2 was not going to be my >> preferred option for wheezy... is there any chance to get GRUB legacy >> at install time or that option won't be present anymore? > > I was surprised to see grub1 in Squeeze. It's still in the Wheezy and > Sid repos though, even if it isn't available through d-i.
That was also my feeling when I first installed squeeze, in the time it was still "testing". For that reason I was suprised to get GRUB 2 in Wheezy installer, without further questions or options to select GRUB legacy. > Would grub2 really have been made the default in Squeeze if it weren't > stable? Well, sometimes devels are very exited with new additions and want to see them as the default options, which I think is not as bad as it seems provided there is also a chance to select another options. > 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 :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2011.06.24.15.30...@gmail.com
