-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05/04/2014 08:08 AM, Terry Ellison wrote: > However one of these steps is grub reconfiguration, and a typical > user knows nothing about this. If he or she has dual boot (say > sda1 -- WinXX, sda5 -- Ubuntu), they might realise that they boot > from the "ubuntu loader" and select that partition. If they do > then there system will die on reboot.
You only get prompted to reconfigure if the previous configuration is broken. That is to say, it says to install to a drive that is no longer present. This is because the upgrade scripts know something has gone wrong and manual intervention is required. If you get that wrong, there's nothing we can do about it. > * The logic in the grub-pc configuration is incorrect. The > install DOES upgrade /boot to 2.02, if the configuration results in > no Stage 1.5 core.img being written to HDD, and and one isn't > already on one of the putative targets, then the system WILL be > unbootable. This is not a warning. It's a hard error; it should > be reported as such and the system should not be rebooted. Stage 1.5 is a grub legacy thing. We also can't force a grub-install since there are perfectly valid configurations where this will not be done and they will still be bootable, and we certainly can't tell that you didn't know what you were doing when you said to install to a partition. We also can't *prevent* a reboot. > * The wording of the dialogue is incomprehensible or misleading to > a typical user > >> The grub-pc package is being upgraded. This menu allows you to >> select > which devices you'd like grub-install to be automatically run for, > if any. <CR> Running grub-install automatically is recommended in > most situations, to prevent the installed GRUB core image from > getting out of sync with GRUB modules or grub.cfg. <CR> If you're > unsure which drive is designated as boot drive by your BIOS, it is > often a good idea to install GRUB to all of them. <CR> Note: it is > possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well, and > some appropriate partitions are offered here. However, this forces > GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it less reliable, > and therefore is not recommended. > > It could be better phrased, for example: > > GRUB is the boot loader which is used to load this and any other > operating systems. The GRUB loader is normally installed in the > area between the MBR and the first partition on your > BIOS-designated boot disk (for example HD0 = /dev/sda). > > It is possible to install GRUB alternative locations, but refer to > the <URL> documentation before any of selecting these. > > GRUB must be installed in at least one valid location OTHERWISE > YOUR SYSTEM MAY NOT BOOT CORRECTLY. This isn't a bad idea; you should file a separate bug report requesting that. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJTZsD7AAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwc5UH/i58nkRl4BLJafAmMt6/0BhL WZNRldhjJ0tbAclym6hbHYPaUtRFN7myfBEIKrC9jluRwxJeGrgyyBTClpnJFLav 42+0+neTn2FFBcqbhd3yC7o4j1yoeCsVuCk5Sya57T/ewp43EzbUEyaZxycRihzl b0W69msHIQqiYDkOEzM3qWjQTOLAlVZlIVCcNzFAdOzfybkSLUIvXfPseawhbDwl EFWXOpNTSAOceZvsH12PvpjJLVIQP0ig9b6Ji2/8rpdmdCPxFay9umrvBuJSh7qe 6NAz6vKH2ivXkBDxuedXlKrJgcgTJK4l4FiKhV7LLMLbzU/H77x5HXxyzhEzhuQ= =a0Gf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289977 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1289977/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
