grub for i386

[Todd Cole]

Most distros include the I386 or grub-efi only because a i386grub will boot
a 64 bit OS there is no real reason to or not to use a 64bit grub

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> well.... I just restart it and it started fine so I suppose I didn't hurt
> it too bad! :)
>
> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just update my mint box and as it was running through upgrade a box
>> appeared. I thought to myself 'default is good' so I pressed enter. Then
>> some text appeared saying:
>>
>>
>> Configuration file '/etc/grub.d/10_linux'
>>  ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
>>  ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
>>    What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
>>     Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
>>     N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
>>       D     : show the differences between the versions
>>       Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
>>  The default action is to keep your current version.
>> *** 10_linux (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
>> update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported;
>> falling back to defaults
>> Setting up grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
>> Setting up grub-pc-bin (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
>> Setting up grub-pc (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
>> Installing for i386-pc platform.
>> Installation finished. No error reported.
>> Generating grub configuration file ...
>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-53-generic
>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-53-generic
>> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
>> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
>> Found Windows 10 (loader) on /dev/sda1
>> Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2
>> done
>>
>> (I'm mnot really sure where the question window appeared I just know I
>> saw when it said
>> 'Setting up grub-pc (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
>> Installing for i386-pc platform.
>> (to be honest I thought it said 'setting up grub for an i386)
>>
>> I have a 64 bit computer. Do I need to worry? If it is wrong what can I
>> do to fix it?
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
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