Re: Bug#631224: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-22 Thread Colin Watson
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

Re: Bug#631224: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-22 Thread Colin Watson
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

Re: Bug#631224: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-22 Thread Colin Watson
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

Re: Bug#631224: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-22 Thread Colin Watson
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