Re: [PATCH] Backup old boot sectors before installation

[Zhu Yi]

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 thread
>         is stuck
>         since September. Any blocking issues with it? Can we keep the
>         topic
>         moving forward? Your comments are highly welcome.
>         
> The reason is very simple. If you are good user, you should have
> already backed up your copy on your own. And this feature is not
> necessary. 

Is grub2 only designed for "good users"? I'm not. Or at least, Ubuntu
update-grub2 script is not. It messes up with the two disks (with
drivemap? not sure) in my laptop and overwrote PGP encrypted hard disk.
That's the motivation for me to write this patch. Boot sectors are
important. You know how to backup is one story. But when to backup is
another and even important in this case.

Thanks,
-yi