Package: grub-pc Version: 1.99-22.1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
When the grub-pc scripts install grub, they do not back up what was in the MBR. Even if grub itself is reliable, the user may want to go back to the old MBR. For example, I found after installing grub on my Thinkpad X220 that pressing the "ThinkVantage" key during boot no longer worked, because this functionality was in the original MBR. Backing up the MBR should be cheap so there's really no reason not to do it. (Same applies to installing grub to a partition.) Andrew -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/main-root / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sda3 /boot ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394 *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus } set timeout=5 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos3)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 42ca7814-d762-4c2b-b92e-be29b9523705 echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/main-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos3)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 42ca7814-d762-4c2b-b92e-be29b9523705 echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/main-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" --class windows --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 8AE45333E45320AD chainloader +1 } menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" --class windows --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='(hd0,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root CEB255D0B255BDA1 chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg *********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory *********************** END /proc/mdstat *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 3 15:39 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394-part4 -> ../../sda4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 dm-name-main-root -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 dm-name-main-swap -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 dm-name-sda4_crypt -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 dm-uuid-CRYPT-LUKS1-eddaa648ac8c4724923e76a5d34c5511-sda4_crypt -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 dm-uuid-LVM-lLTNZZzF385yTCiI6aVLoqnO9wXHdIdg10fbGwYOP0GLu9v0IctbpnhyZNPVCBv6 -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 dm-uuid-LVM-lLTNZZzF385yTCiI6aVLoqnO9wXHdIdgCWf7JQ8Xlxmd6IDmbjaSToTWN1APH3Cl -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 3 15:39 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_MZ7PA12S0MUNEAC122394 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_MZ7PA12S0MUNEAC122394-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_MZ7PA12S0MUNEAC122394-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_MZ7PA12S0MUNEAC122394-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_MZ7PA12S0MUNEAC122394-part4 -> ../../sda4 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-id *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 35bba669-229b-409c-a849-c5fb3d6099d6 -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 08:39 398bd900-f074-430a-8002-33ab254adaee -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 42ca7814-d762-4c2b-b92e-be29b9523705 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 8AE45333E45320AD -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 CEB255D0B255BDA1 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 3 15:39 eddaa648-ac8c-4724-923e-76a5d34c5511 -> ../../sda4 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages grub-pc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.44 ii grub-common 1.99-22.1 ii grub-pc-bin 1.99-22.1 ii grub2-common 1.99-22.1 ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3 grub-pc recommends no packages. grub-pc suggests no packages. -- debconf information: grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: grub2/device_map_regenerated: * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1_S0MUNEAC122394 grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true grub-pc/disk_description: * grub2/linux_cmdline: grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/partition_description: grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed: * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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