Bug#464912: grub1 cruft left behind after transition

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:45:36PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> 
> I've upgraded to grub 2, and per the debconf suggestion, I first let my
> old grub 1 chain-load grub 2 for testing, and then used grub-install and 
> update-grub to install grub 2.
> 
> (FWIW, I had to write down the commands debconf told me to run, it was a
> little too long and complex to expect someone to remember it across reboots.)
> 
> Now I seem to have a certian amount of grub 1 cruft left in /boot/grub
> that is no longer used, including menu.lst,
> menu.lst_backup_by_grub2_postinst, menu.lst~, xfs_stage1_5, reiserfs_stage1_5,
> stage1, stage2, e2fs_stage1_5, fat_stage1_5, jfs_stage1_5,
> minix_stage1_5. 
> 
> I'm just guessing at which files belong to grub 1, and I obviously don't
> want to guess wrong when rm-ing.
> 
> Could grub-pc perhaps include a upgrade-from-grub-1 script that handles
> deleting these files, as well as running grub-install and update-grub?

I just added this:

  * Add new upgrade-from-grub-legacy script for the user to complete the upgrade
    process from GRUB Legacy, and advertise it prominently in menu.lst.
    (Closes: #464912)

although it'll be hold off until the fix for #465056 reaches testing.

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