Re: grub2 and hybrid MBR booting

[Isaac Dupree]

On 07/01/10 15:42, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> After moving of partitions containing it's recommended to reinstall
> bootloader


> But I don't see the need to standartise the interface between MBR code
> and the rest. Standartisation is good only for interoperability between
> different software. But in this case both parts are from the same
> bootloader so it will only reduce flexibility.

Two pieces of software: bootloader (e.g. GRUB 2) and partition 
mover/rearranger (e.g. Parted).

I say it would be nice if on GPT with recommended GRUB install 
(including using BIOS Boot Partition), if we did not "[recommend] to 
reinstall bootloader" but instead promised that everything* would keep 
working without any bootloader reinstall.

*except if partition numbering is rearranged and grub.cfg uses partition 
numbers not UUIDs, then the grub.cfg may need editing, but this is no 
different than a Linux partition's /etc/fstab maybe needing editing.

Is it possible for us to promise that?--what are the disadvantages of 
doing so?

-Isaac