From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1im-0005mM-Fg for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:35:40 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1ik-0005lv-0h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:35:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1if-0005lL-IK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:35:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48570 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NK1if-0005lB-BX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:35:33 -0500 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:43167) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NK1if-0005Tt-46 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:35:33 -0500 Received: from azsmga001.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.19]) by azsmga101.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2009 19:35:31 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,316,1257148800"; d="scan'208";a="222403442" 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 19:35:31 -0800 From: Zhu Yi To: The development of GNU GRUB In-Reply-To: <4B25B005.20206@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> <2e59e6970912131908sd8e23bbu7caaaadbbd3815bd@mail.gmail.com> <4B25B005.20206@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:35:30 +0800 Message-ID: <1260761730.12157.342.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 03:35:38 -0000 On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 11:24 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote: > hmm.... > bootloader installation is often done by distro install-CDs. > > Will the distro be smart enough to save these backups to the disk > somewhere sensible, rather than to the temporary in-memory > filesystem? The backup files will (normally) be stored in /boot/grub/ together with grub.cfg and core.img. I assume it is not in memory. No? Thanks, -yi