Wols Lists wrote: > On 04/12/2021 15:53, Dale wrote: >> While I'm at it. When the grub package upgrades, should I reinstall >> with grub-install to update what is on the drive or is it safe to just >> leave it as is? I seem to recall a upgrade to grub a while back. It >> just dawned on me that while the package is updated, what is installed >> on the hard drive boot part with grub-install is still the original from >> ages ago when I first built this rig. Thoughts?? > > I don't think I've ever updated what's in the mbr. It doesn't really > matter in that it just hands over to the real linux and root. I think > it would be rather hard to compromise, and anyway if anything has got > so far as to tamper with your boot, I think the game is over anyway. > > Most changes of any consequence will be to the user-space code anyway, > not the actual boot stuff. > > Cheers, > Wol > >
That info is very helpful. I sort of figured that if there was a major change, we would see some sort of message about needing to reinstall before rebooting. Thanks much. Dale :-) :-)
