From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1EudeX-00006I-J8 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:32:13 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EudeW-00005b-0z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:32:12 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EudeU-00004u-6R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:32:11 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EudeT-0008WO-SF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:32:09 -0500 Received: from [194.109.24.32] (helo=smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eudg7-00077Y-NH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:33:52 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k05MUJWv050943 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 23:30:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <87oe2qegd9.fsf@xs4all.nl> <200601052304.55469.wobble@gmx.de> From: Marco Gerards Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:30:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200601052304.55469.wobble@gmx.de> (wobble@gmx.de's message of "Thu, 5 Jan 2006 23:04:55 +0000") Message-ID: <878xtue29v.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: Feature request: MBR backup X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:32:12 -0000 wobble@gmx.de writes: Hi, > 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. You are right, it might be a nice feature to add. I think it would be quite easy to add an uninstall feature that does just this. I'll add it to the todo list on the wiki. Thanks, Marco