From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1fS-00049t-GX for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32:14 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1fQ-00049R-Ir for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32:12 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1fK-00048x-VY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32:11 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43215 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1fK-00048u-Pz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32:06 -0500 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:24910) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NK1fK-0005Ei-N8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32:06 -0500 Received: from azsmga001.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.19]) by azsmga101.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2009 19:32:05 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,316,1257148800"; d="scan'208";a="222402692" Received: from debian.sh.intel.com (HELO [10.239.13.180]) ([10.239.13.180]) by azsmga001.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2009 19:32:04 -0800 From: Zhu Yi To: The development of GNU GRUB In-Reply-To: <4B25A9CD.5030002@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> References: <1260523561-19086-1-git-send-email-yi.zhu@intel.com> <1260524367.2832.10.camel@fz.local> <1260758922.12157.281.camel@debian> <4B25A9CD.5030002@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:32:03 +0800 Message-ID: <1260761523.12157.336.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 03:32:12 -0000 On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 10:58 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote: > maybe the boot sector is small enough that we could just keep > separate > additional backup files each time grub-setup/grub-install is used? > e.g. > backup-1 > backup-2 > backup-3 > > or maybe using date/time instead of sequential numbering would be > nicer. Yup, I thought this before. This is certainly an option, but it also requires the user to remember what is 1, 2, 3 or what did I do on date1, date2, date3 on the recovery. Thanks, -yi