Bug#423393: Bug#423268: grub-pc: system unbootable when /boot and separate partion, doesnt detect other installed OSes.

[Otavio Salvador]

Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:

> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:07:11AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
<...>
>> I think this user _upgraded_ the package and then it wasn't handled by
>> d-i anymore.
>
> What I mean is that the important is getting d-i to support this.  For
> supporting non-Debian OSes in upgrades, I think it's best to add a note so
> that user does it manualy or something.  If we try to convert them, I'm sure
> we'll find lots of bugs in the conversion code :-/
>
>> > We still could try to add some migration code though.  Or maybe an explanatory
>> > note?
>> 
>> I think it might be better otherwise people will start to hate us ;-)
>
> Yeah.. hehe.  Do you think a note is enough?

I'm not sure how difficult might be to write a parser to port
it. It's a start, at least...

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