From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1Pj-0006Ls-KN for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:15:59 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1Pi-0006Kg-5O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:15:58 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1Pc-0006H3-ID for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:15:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42880 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1Pc-0006H0-DO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:15:52 -0500 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:12307) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NK1Pc-0003mE-BJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:15:52 -0500 Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2009 19:14:28 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,392,1257148800"; d="scan'208";a="578458687" Received: from debian.sh.intel.com (HELO [10.239.13.180]) ([10.239.13.180]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2009 19:15:32 -0800 From: Zhu Yi To: The development of GNU GRUB In-Reply-To: References: <1260523561-19086-1-git-send-email-yi.zhu@intel.com> <1260524367.2832.10.camel@fz.local> <1260758922.12157.281.camel@debian> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:15:49 +0800 Message-ID: <1260760549.12157.316.camel@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Backup old boot sectors before installation X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:15:58 -0000 On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 10:59 +0800, kashyap garimella wrote: > In conclusion, I believe this backup feature is useful and > either > implementation should do the work. If we can merge the good > parts of > them, we can get a better one. I just curious why the thread > is stuck > since September. Any blocking issues with it? Can we keep the > topic > moving forward? Your comments are highly welcome. > > The reason is very simple. If you are good user, you should have > already backed up your copy on your own. And this feature is not > necessary. Is grub2 only designed for "good users"? I'm not. Or at least, Ubuntu update-grub2 script is not. It messes up with the two disks (with drivemap? not sure) in my laptop and overwrote PGP encrypted hard disk. That's the motivation for me to write this patch. Boot sectors are important. You know how to backup is one story. But when to backup is another and even important in this case. Thanks, -yi