On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> tag 539648 wontfix > thanks > Am Sonntag, den 02.08.2009, 10:36 -0700 schrieb Mark Hedges: > > > > > > It would be great for the grub2 switchover if it first offered > > the option to format a cd-rom or usb stick which would restore > > a backup of the old boot partition if grub2 doesn't work. > > > > Mark > > > > This is not grub's business. > We already provide an option to chainload grub2 from grub-legacy. > I think that's enough for the vast majority of users. > Just backing up /boot and restoring it wouldn't help. > The MBR and in case of grub-legacy also the embed are between MBR and > 1st partition would also need to be backuped. > And why should we make a mini-OS which restores the backup > automatically. > Live CDs can be used fine to restore it. > You only need to make the backup yourself. Yeah you're right. Oh yeah I meant backing up the MBR. Some warning, maybe the upgrade before, that it's coming? I'm sure it will work great I just remember in woody totally screwing up my MBR with grub on trashy machines. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
