On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 03:21:08PM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 11:59 +0800, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > If we decide so, we go back to option 1 (my original
> > implementation).
> > > Because the backup file format is not important any more as it is
> > > totally transparen
On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 11:59 +0800, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote:
> > If we decide so, we go back to option 1 (my original
> implementation).
> > Because the backup file format is not important any more as it is
> > totally transparent to the restorers. Am I right?
>
> Another option would be to st
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Zhu Yi wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 06:04 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote:
>> > Option 1~3 requires the recover has the knowledge of the backup file
>> > format somehow, but a simple dd is enough for option 4. What do you
>> > think?
>>
>> If the partitioning had been
On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 06:04 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote:
> > Option 1~3 requires the recover has the knowledge of the backup file
> > format somehow, but a simple dd is enough for option 4. What do you
> > think?
>
> If the partitioning had been changed in the mean time, 4 would overwrite
> it with
Zhu Yi wrote:
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 05:21 +0800, Robert Millan wrote:
I think making a backup is a fine idea, but I'd rather avoid the "option
creep". It doesn't hurt to simply dump the files in /boot/grub/. If user
later discovers that valuable data was overwritten, she can figure out
how to
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 05:21 +0800, Robert Millan wrote:
> I think making a backup is a fine idea, but I'd rather avoid the "option
> creep". It doesn't hurt to simply dump the files in /boot/grub/. If user
> later discovers that valuable data was overwritten, she can figure out
> how to call dd j
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 05:26:01PM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:
> 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
Zhu Yi wrote:
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 11:24 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote:
hmm
bootloader installation is often done by distro install-CDs.
Will the distro be smart enough to save these backups to the disk
somewhere sensible, rather than to the temporary in-memory
filesystem?
The backup files
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 11:24 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote:
> hmm
> bootloader installation is often done by distro install-CDs.
>
> Will the distro be smart enough to save these backups to the disk
> somewhere sensible, rather than to the temporary in-memory
> filesystem?
The backup files will
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 10:58 +0800, Isaac Dupree wrote:
> maybe the boot sector is small enough that we could just keep
> separate
> additional backup files each time grub-setup/grub-install is used?
> e.g.
> backup-1
> backup-2
> backup-3
>
> or maybe using date/time instead of sequential numberi
richardvo...@gmail.com wrote:
An automatic backup is valuable both for savvy users who know how but
forgot, and for those who will find the backup and restore procedures
online only after their computer is bricked.
hmm
bootloader installation is often done by distro install-CDs.
Will the d
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 10:59 +0800, kashyap garimella wrote:
> In conclusion, I believe this backup feature is useful and
> either
> implementation should do the work. If we can merge the good
> parts of
> them, we can get a better one. I just curious why the
>> In conclusion, I believe this backup feature is useful and either
>> implementation should do the work. If we can merge the good parts of
>> them, we can get a better one. I just curious why the thread is stuck
>> since September. Any blocking issues with it? Can we keep the topic
>> moving forw
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Zhu Yi wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 17:39 +0800, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> Thank
Zhu Yi wrote:
3. The backup policy.
Garimella's patch backups every time before grub-setup overwrote the
boot sectors. There might be a problem when someone run
grub-setup/grub-install twice. So the backup image ends up with the
grub2 boot sectors. This makes the recovery for the "real" boot sec
On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 17:39 +0800, Felix Zielcke wrote:
>
> 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
Thanks. If I knew this patch, I won't try to write one my own. I d
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 optio
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
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 i
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