Package: grub2 Severity: minor
on page /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/html/grub_3.html#SEC7 it reports backing up of mbr is not necessary as fdisk can be used on dos. Vista does not have dos so the mbr backup method should be emphasized. I think the dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1 method blanks out mbr but not sure if saved copy should be the 'dd' back. I changed from dual boot vista debian to debian in vbox in vista but made mistake of not removing grub from mbr and stage 1.5 halted. Tried creating /boot/ partition on unallocated space (which windows always has) and installed boot to get grub shell. From grub shell issued: rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 boot Had vista going again but had to locate a free vista recovery disc on internet to reset mbr as command line no longer has fdisk in vista! -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_AU) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org