On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Felix Zielcke wrote: > >> Is this still a problem with grub2 1.96+20080704-2 currently in > >> testing/unstable ? > > > > Yes, unfortunately it is. I just tested 0.97-41 and it still has the > > problem. The last version that doesn't have the problem is grub-0.97-32 > > -- I've been having to force downgrade back to that version and then keep > > the package on hold. > > Well, the old grub-legacy won't have much bugfixes anymore.
I'm only holding the package back in order to have a local system to test a potential fix with. ;-) It doesn't matter to me which version of grub gets fixed for this -- but one of them does; preferably the version that will be the default upgrade path for Debian Lenny, otherwise there's a potential for a few to get a big surprise during and after the upgrade. > > I just tried, grub2 1.96+20080704-2 -- I can't even complete installing > > it > > Thanks for trying it with the new grub2 Yep -- I'll try it again without the chainload option to see what happens. > >Also, either grub2 and/or grub2-pc did not purge cleanly; it left a big > > mess of files in /boot/grub/ after both were purged, which I had to > > manually pick through and delete those > > Please see #470400 [0] Ah okay -- thanks for pointing that out. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
