Bug#407338: grub2

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 07:58:02PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 02:07:04PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> Michael Renner <robe at amd.co.at> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Thanks, I'll try that. If you're positively sure that this can be
> >> > worked out in GRUB2 easily feel free to close this bug and I'll reopen
> >> > a new one in GRUB2 if this should be a persisting problem.
> >> 
> >> Hello Michael and Robert,
> >> 
> >> Well, after some discussion with Robert I support his position to
> >> don't apply this and I think this bug could be close also because it's
> >> not a Debian bug but an upstream issue that cannot be fix by then
> >> since GRUB is in legacy mode.
> >
> > As you prefer.  Note that I'm not completely against GPT in GRUB Legacy
> > for etch;  my point is that we shouldn't go for that unless it is too
> > hard to use GRUB 2 for the job.  IMHO, that possibility hasn't been
> > properly explored yet.
> 
> I had undertand that you was against it.
> 
> Michael, can you confirm if GRUB2 works for you?
> 
> Robert, the only issue is that GRUB2 isn't included on Etch and then
> it's not very easy to a regular user to use it.

If that's good enough, I would prefer forcing grub2 into etch than forcing
the GPT patch on grub.

I guess the RMs will agree on that, but I also guess they won't like either
of the possibilities :-)

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