[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 feature proposals review

[Olav Vitters]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 08:59:43PM -0400, David Walser wrote:
> > Fedora plans are here:
> > http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html?style=light
> > 
> > Ubuntu plans are here:
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-June/035445.html
> 
> Interesting.  So the main reason people have complained about us not
> using GRUB2 is poor interaction when trying to dual boot with other
> distros that do use it, namely Ubuntu.  If Ubuntu isn't going to use
> it by default, is it really mandatory that we switch to it?

You cannot use the Ubuntu method, they plan their Ubuntu-only
certificate.

Fedora way is by using Grub 2 and having a small boot bit which is
certified.

So Grub2 seems the way to go.

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Regards,
Olav