Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:01:01AM +1100, Jason Thomas wrote:
>> close 345931
>> thanks
>
>> grub-install copies the various stage* files into /boot/grub. grub shell
>> does not.
>
>> If you do not copy the stage* files then they will be incompatible with
>> the boot sector that is installed.
>
>> grub-install is the recommeneded method to install.
>
> Surely this is still a bug in the grub shell for failing to notice that it
> had rendered the system unbootable?
I don't think so. If you're using grub's shell you need know what
you're doing since it isn't indeed to be used for enduser.
> I think this bug qualifies as "serious"; I think plenty of people are going
> to be upset when the grub shell toasts their system without warning. If you
> downgrade it, I'd appreciate if you would offer an explanation why you think
> this is an ok bug to release with given its non-obvious consequences; but
> please don't close it, as it does refer to a real bug.
This is a upstream issue and I doubt upstream will change it since
it's currently in legacy mode and all effort in grub2.
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