Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Joe
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:21:45 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:08:40 -0400, Tom H wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Hendrik Boom > > wrote: > >> > >> When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having > >> trouble with grub2. > >> > > > > /usr/sb

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:08:40 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Hendrik Boom > wrote: >> >> When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having trouble >> with grub2. >> >> I can't find the recommended upgrade path. >> >> I have a laptop that boots squeeze using gr

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having trouble > with grub2. > > I can't find the recommended upgrade path. > > I have a laptop that boots squeeze using grub-legacy.  The squeeze > release notes tell me that during u

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 11 Jul 2011 at 16:39:26 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I had found that paragraph, but it didn't say what to do if you were > already running squeeze. Sorry, so you had. I didn't quite pickup on your reference to the Release Notes for Squeeze. > Just that you'd be

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:47:12 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 11 Jul 2011 at 14:37:37 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> Now I never actually did this upgrade, just kept updating testing every >> few weeks, until testing got to be squeeze. What do I do now to do >> this upgrade, and get this safe chain

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 11 Jul 2011 at 14:37:37 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Now I never actually did this upgrade, just kept updating testing every > few weeks, until testing got to be squeeze. What do I do now to do this > upgrade, and get this safe chain-load option? Just install grub2 using > aptitude? O

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:06:14 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:37:37 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having trouble >> with grub2. >> >> I can't find the recommended upgrade path. > > Debian wiki provides brief steps: > > ht

Re: What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:37:37 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having trouble > with grub2. > > I can't find the recommended upgrade path. Debian wiki provides brief steps: http://wiki.debian.org/Grub#Upgrading_from_v1_to_v2 (I hope they're st

What is the recommended way to upgrade from grub-legacy to grub2

2011-07-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
When I search for ways to upgrade, all I find it people having trouble with grub2. I can't find the recommended upgrade path. I have a laptop that boots squeeze using grub-legacy. The squeeze release notes tell me that during upgrade from lenny I had the option to chain-load grub2 from grub.