From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] Do not embed with multiple partmaps
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:52:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C2D0015.5070603@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C1AAAC9.4060907@gmail.com>
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On 06/18/2010 01:07 AM, Grégoire Sutre wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a (temporary) solution to the problem of embedding with multiple
> top-level partmaps, the attached patch simply disables embedding when
> there are multiple partmaps (i.e. apply the same behavior as when there
> is no partmap).
>
> This prevents grub-setup from overwriting e.g. a BSD label if it finds
> an msdos label first.
>
> The only drawback I see is that grub-setup may complain about an old
> obsolete disklabel, but in that case the user simply has to destroy the
> obsolete label, and IMHO this is more acceptable than potentially
> destroying valuable data.
>
Go ahead. Just replace "BAD IDEA" with "not supported yet"
> Grégoire
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-17 23:07 [Patch] Do not embed with multiple partmaps Grégoire Sutre
2010-07-01 20:52 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2010-07-04 12:19 ` Grégoire Sutre
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