On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:08:01PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 05:07:52AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > And the first behaviour is
> > definitely the correct default, as installing a boot loader package
> > almost always means yo
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 05:07:52AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> And the first behaviour is
> definitely the correct default, as installing a boot loader package
> almost always means you want to install the boot loader in the boot
> sector.
The boot secto
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 05:07:52AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:33 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> > When update to grub-pc 1.99-8, it write my MBR, then I report a bug.
> >
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631224
> >
> > and Colin Watson tell me that it
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 03:09:12PM +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> When installing, user will usually install grub in MBR or they have no
> choice to set it when install (install from LiveCD).
If you mean the Ubuntu live CD, IIRC it does have an option for this
although only when you're doing manual p
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 02:26:31PM +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> But once upgrade Ubuntu, the MBR is taken place, and once then upgrade
> Debian, it's back.
'dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc' on the Ubuntu side, then - it's not that
complicated.
--
Colin Watson [cjwat
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 02:06:13PM +0800, Aron Xu wrote:
> grub-pc will write MBR every time when triggered,
grub-pc does not use any dpkg triggers.
> and grub-pc-bin will not update grub entry after the kernel is
> updated. - It is weird when you have grub installed to an alternative
> place, th
-- Forwarded message --
From: YunQiang Su
Date: 2011/6/22
Subject: Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic
To: Andrei POPESCU
Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, 631...@bugs.debian.or
> Did you? Try 'dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc' ;)
>
yes it works. BUT:
When installing, user w
> Maybe what needs to be fixed is grub not writing to your “alternative
> place”?
>
now I installed one Debian Sid/Experimental and an Ubuntu 11.10.
I perfer Debian to take control my MBR.
But once upgrade Ubuntu, the MBR is taken place, and once then upgrade
Debian, it's back.
I hate this behav
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:07, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> More packages means more user confusion. And the first behaviour is
> definitely the correct default, as installing a boot loader package
> almost always means you want to install the boot loader in the boot
> sector.
>
> What is your use ca
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:33 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> When update to grub-pc 1.99-8, it write my MBR, then I report a bug.
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631224
>
> and Colin Watson tell me that it's a new feature.
> Y, it maybe, he tell to install grub-pc-bin only, but t
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