Am Montag, den 03.08.2009, 08:42 -0700 schrieb Mark Hedges: > > 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.
Even if we would provide an option to backup MBR and embed area, you would still need to know how to restore it with dd. I don't think it would make sense for grub-install to have a --restore-mbr option. > Some warning, maybe the upgrade before, that it's coming? A warning itself would be useless. I don't think it would be really that needed that we ask the user for confirmation if he's sure if the device given is the right one. rm -r / won't stop you either. > I'm sure it will work great I just remember in woody totally > screwing up my MBR with grub on trashy machines. I never used woody, but grub2 should work now better as grub-legacy. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
