On 2010-10-09 1:48 PM, Andrea Conti wrote: > On 09/10/2010 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: >> I'm ready to update grub, but just realized I'm not sure if I need to >> mount /boot before I emerge update it or not...
> /boot must be mounted, but the ebuild will mount it for you if it is not. Thanks - I thought that was the case but couldn't remember (since grub isn't updated very often)... > Note however that the ebuild will *not* update the stages installed in > the MBR and/or boot sector: after you're done emerging you have to do > that either manually or by re-running grub-install. > > Depending on what changed between the two releases, failure to update > the stages might result in an unbootable system. Right... thanks...
