On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:34:01 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 31 Jul 2012 at 10:56:09 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> >
>> > Yes, I read about it. But this warning has to be new or at least I
>> > don't recall GRUB legacy showing this notice when you wer
On Tue 31 Jul 2012 at 10:56:09 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I read about it. But this warning has to be new or at least I don't
> > recall GRUB legacy showing this notice when you were going to install
> > GRUB into a partition instead the M
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:03:12 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:50:44 -0400, Tom H wrote:
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>
>>
> I'm not sure to had
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:03:12 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:50:44 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>
>
I'm not sure to had get it (sorry, I must be a bit dense...). Can you
pro
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:50:44 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> I'm not sure to had get it (sorry, I must be a bit dense...). Can you
>>> provide a user case for someone using block lists and another c
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:50:44 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> I'm not sure to had get it (sorry, I must be a bit dense...). Can you
>> provide a user case for someone using block lists and another case when
>> they're not in use?
>
> I've explained twic
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> Which, generally speaking, it translates into...? I mean, what are
>>> those "block lists" and how are they effectively affecting the boo
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:11:41 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the info and the links. You've misunderstood me. I didn't
>> say that Linux could boot without a bootloader. I said that I didn't
>> understand the purpose of the "Gene
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:09:54 +0100, Dom wrote:
> On 16/07/12 15:41, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Tom H wrote:
(...)
>>> Block lists are supposed to be less reliable/more fragile/(fill in
>>> with the negative flavor that suits you).
>>
>> I'm not sure to had get it (sor
On Mon 16 Jul 2012 at 17:09:54 +0100, Dom wrote:
> On 16/07/12 15:41, Camaleón wrote:
> >
> >I'm not sure to had get it (sorry, I must be a bit dense...). Can you
> >provide a user case for someone using block lists and another case when
> >they're not in use?
> >
>
> As I understand it, when GRU
On 16/07/12 15:41, Camaleón wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Tom H wrote:
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Camaleón wrote:
Which, generally speaking, it translates into...? I mean, what are
those "block lists" and how are they effectively affecting the boot
process from a user's
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> Which, generally speaking, it translates into...? I mean, what are
>> those "block lists" and how are they effectively affecting the boot
>> process from a user's point of view?
>
> Let's ass
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:11:41 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> Reading from GRUB's legacy documentation¹, I see none listed. However,
>>> GRUB2 manual² does not even mention the possibility of install
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:11:41 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info and the links. You've misunderstood me. I didn't
> say that Linux could boot without a bootloader. I said that I didn't
> understand the purpose of the "Generic Boot Code" since other
> distributions don't use it when i
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:11:41 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Reading from GRUB's legacy documentation¹, I see none listed. However,
>> GRUB2 manual² does not even mention the possibility of installing GRUB2
>> into the first boot sector of a parti
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:31:36 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> AFAIK this calls for block list based installation of GRUB 2 which is
> not recommended cause it introduces the same issues than map
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:14:47 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote:
>
> ***
> Write Generic Boot Code to MBR
> Replaces the current MBR with generic, operating system independent code.
> ***
>
> Why this option? I can't tell and I don't know (because I have not directly
> tested) if there's any differenc
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:31:36 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
AFAIK this calls for block list based installation of GRUB 2 which is
not recommended cause it introduces the same issues than map file in
LILO.
>>
>> I don't know what you m
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:06:55 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Martin Steigerwald
>> wrote:
Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
Thanks for the explanation. I asked because if what you wanted is
kee
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:06:55 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Martin Steigerwald
> wrote:
>>> Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
(...)
>>> Thanks for the explanation. I asked because if what you wanted is
>>> keeping things separate (e.g., windows and linuxes boxe
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
>> Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
>>>
>>> Because it works for me. I've kept installs of previous versions of
>>> Debian on separate partitions for reference as well as the fact that
>>> by doing so I'll have a working install
Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
> > Because it works for me. I've kept installs of previous versions of
> > Debian on separate partitions for reference as well as the fact that
> > by doing so I'll have a working install while getting a newer version
> > setup. Also when I first started
On 2012-07-06, Mike McClain wrote:
> I've used loadlin.exe for years but with my recent install of
> Squeeze loadlin reboots the computer rather than launching Debian.
I am able to boot linux from DOS using a boot loader from Gujin
where loadlin has failed with big kernels.
See http://guji
El 2012-07-07 a las 10:01 -0700, Mike McClain escribió:
(resending to the list)
> Hello,
>
> I've noted from your posts that you're pretty savvy so I'm sorry
> you have no experience in this area but I'm happy to answer your
> questions.
Thanks for your kind words; experience is a rank and
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:19:20 -0400 (EDT), Mike McClain wrote:
>
> I've used loadlin.exe for years but with my recent install of
> Squeeze loadlin reboots the computer rather than launching Debian.
>
> The flip side of the issue is that grub2 resets the computer
> trying to launch kernels that l
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:19:20 -0700, Mike McClain wrote:
> I've used loadlin.exe for years but with my recent install of
> Squeeze loadlin reboots the computer rather than launching Debian.
I never used loadlin before so I can't be of much help here. But, just
out of curiosity, may I ask you
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