From: wobble@gmx.de
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Feature request: MBR backup
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 23:04:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200601052304.55469.wobble@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oe2qegd9.fsf@xs4all.nl>
Hello everyone,
I'd like to propose a backup-mechanism for GRUB2.
On installation the old MBR could easily be stored in the partition hosting
the stage2.
That would allow for a clean self-destruction of GRUB2 as it could simply
overwrite its own MBR-data if required.
I guess many people install grub to play a little with linux/fbsd/etc and
afterwards have a messed-up MBR and they want their Windows back. Such a
feature would prevent a lot of support-requests I believe.
Cheers
Jan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-05 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-05 17:25 The menu and scripting Marco Gerards
2006-01-05 23:04 ` wobble [this message]
2006-01-05 22:30 ` Feature request: MBR backup Marco Gerards
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