From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NJDtI-00030Q-7j for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:12 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NJDtF-0002v2-6J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:09 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NJDtA-0002lH-FH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:08 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35128 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NJDtA-0002ky-AZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:04 -0500 Received: from 197.red-80-32-81.staticip.rima-tde.net ([80.32.81.197]:53615 helo=mail.pina.cat) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NJDt9-0005VS-QB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:04 -0500 Received: from pinux (82-45-164-87.cable.ubr06.hari.blueyonder.co.uk [82.45.164.87]) by mail.pina.cat (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C4B2890654F for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:23:02 +0100 (CET) Received: by pinux (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5CB0499BC; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:23:12 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:23:12 +0000 From: Carles Pina i Estany To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091211222312.GE21830@pina.cat> References: <1260523561-19086-1-git-send-email-yi.zhu@intel.com> <1260524367.2832.10.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1260524367.2832.10.camel@fz.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:23:09 -0000 Hi, On Dec/11/2009, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Freitag, den 11.12.2009, 17:26 +0800 schrieb Zhu Yi: > > Add a feature to backup the old boot sectors before overwritting > > them with grub2 boot and core images. Users can later recover the > > previous boot sectors with grub-install --recover option. > > > > P.S. I found this might be a useful feature after I overwrote my > > second PGP encrypted hard disk (Windows XP installed) boot sectors > > by grub2 by mistake. > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi > > Someone already made a patch for this inside grub-setup > See here and also for the discussion of it: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2009-09/msg00242.html I like the idea, and I think that as Colin pointed it out it can be useful. I haven't watched to any of the implementations. -- Carles Pina i Estany http://pinux.info