GNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #493, grub-install should make a backup...
You are not allowed to post comments on this tracker with your current authentication level.
bug #493: grub-install should make a backup of the boot sector
Submitter: | Jason Thomas <jthomas> | ||
Submitted: | Wed 29 May 2002 12:52:54 AM UTC | ||
Votes: | 80 | ||
Category: | Installation | Severity: | Minor |
Priority: | 1 - Later | Item Group: | Feature Request |
Status: | Wont Fix | Privacy: | Public |
Assigned to: | okuji | Originator Name: | |
Open/Closed: | Closed | Release: | None |
Release: | 0.92 | Reproducibility: | Every Time |
Planned Release: | None |
Fri 21 Apr 2017 05:02:00 PM UTC, comment #4: |
Mar Goli <golimarrrr> |
Sat 29 Jun 2002 09:07:15 PM UTC, comment #3: I decided to close this report, because nobody shows
|
Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji> |
Fri 31 May 2002 12:32:04 AM UTC, comment #2: Uggh... The URL in the previous message wasn't processed correctly.
|
Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji> |
Thu 30 May 2002 05:29:49 PM UTC, comment #1: I posted a proposal to bug-grub:
|
Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji> |
Wed 29 May 2002 12:52:54 AM UTC, original submission:
|
Jason Thomas <jthomas> |
No files currently attached
Depends on the following items: None found
Items that depend on this one: None found
There are 80 votes so far. Votes easily highlight which items people would like to see resolved in priority, independently of the priority of the item set by tracker managers.
Follow 10 latest changes.
Date | Changed by | Updated Field | Previous Value | => | Replaced by |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017-04-21 | golimarrrr | Carbon-Copy | - | Added golimarrrr | |
2002-06-29 | okuji | Severity | Major | None | |
Status | None | None | |||
Open/Closed | Accepted | None | |||
Closed on | - | - | |||
2002-05-30 | okuji | Priority | 100 (Error - Not Found) | None | |
Assigned to | None | None | |||
Open/Closed | Open | None | |||
Release | |||||
Reproducibility | None | None |
Powered by Savane 3.13-4448.
Corresponding source code
Probably instead of a full "uninstall feature", GRUB could just automatically make a copy of at least the MBR to, say:
/boot/grub/backup/mbr_[timestamp]
That's what most users do anyway using the 'dd' command before installing GRUB on the MBR, and most of the times that copy is not needed, or if it's needed the user would know (or learn) how to use it. It would help when they forget to do that backup or if the wrong command was issued.