From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1U3uMo-0002M8-Gw for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:16:14 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33707) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3uMk-0002Lj-VF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:16:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3uMj-0000Rx-Ap for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:16:10 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a]:34379) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3uMj-0000Rj-3P for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:16:09 -0500 Received: by mail-la0-f42.google.com with SMTP id fe20so4197035lab.1 for ; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:16:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4CGQyhdMbA1adJBsQXwdAh1F87Rj3pk8UWEwjbPwqFw=; b=em/Bzw6pZkEOmf/hqrgVan4eX01hS1EYMMWV7BATsWCWbCu6PyztD3PdjzugSSSMzn SnJVxbzPXNH39XNHH3GsYDA4/s0lvMjYG/IxLTWJv7oltqh+GeniTySkQWfNaHpgv3B5 5NDY4zve0qO3i7CAHc4YD62Lv4UbWVOjjVgKuohQ9eOL/q21h28oHa4OY/wbPu4jFPBx UWHu/DLxBmmAvyYcJfhR4SbAseXgqkrA1Szj8a8HEixhaKvcW1lxhnYEX5zHqhfusLPK 4Mx6esRdbldkciro6UWGhrTyBZGYNJz+tnoD7ZdV3YtniFGqmnHyq7cUiudWQoNp9Kgf WBcw== X-Received: by 10.112.101.34 with SMTP id fd2mr1927096lbb.100.1360350705501; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:11:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from opensuse.site (ppp91-78-198-46.pppoe.mtu-net.ru. [91.78.198.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b13sm7051402lbd.10.2013.02.08.11.11.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:11:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 23:11:43 +0400 From: Andrey Borzenkov To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: GRUB and the risk of block list corruption in extX Message-ID: <20130208231143.3598d51c@opensuse.site> In-Reply-To: <20130208185836.GB20462@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <51138645.4050405@ts.fujitsu.com> <51153345.2020509@ts.fujitsu.com> <20130208184239.GA20462@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <51154A74.3000302@gmail.com> <20130208185836.GB20462@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 08 Feb 2013 20:16:12 -0000 В Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:58:36 -0500 "Lennart Sorensen" пишет: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 12:56:52PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > You don't need an EFI system to give GRUB enough space. You just > > need to partition the drive so the first partition starts at 1MB > > instead of sector 63. I think using a GPT partition scheme is quite > > preferred over the MSDOS scheme designed 30 years ago. > > That's true. Does grub-install check the partition table to see how much > room there is before placing itself after the MBR? Yes. It even checks whether it has other known software that installs something in post-MBR gap and can install itself in free space (assuming it is enough).