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Re: grub-probe without arguments
From: |
Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: grub-probe without arguments |
Date: |
Wed, 9 May 2007 17:18:07 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:19:30PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 22:06, Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:23:08PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> > > On Monday 07 May 2007 10:21, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > > I think it would be reasonable to allow grub-probe to work without
> > > > arguments. Any comments?
> > >
> > > Why do you think so?
> >
> > Because it's commonly invoked while debugging. The uninitiated might have
> > some trouble figuring out the right parameter (specialy if they're not
> > debugging themselves, but providing information for someone else to debug
> > e.g. via BTS).
>
> The right parameter depends on system status. For instance, if you are trying
> to install GRUB from an installer, and a boot partition is mounted at
> somewhere else (e.g. /mnt/boot), it won't work correctly, anyway. I prefer
> that grub-probe gets an argument explicitly, so that the user can at least
> understand that grub-probe probes a certain directory.
Ah, ok. I understand.
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