Bug#345931: If the problem is that the user doesn't know he won't be able to reboot...

2006-09-23 Thread Otavio Salvador
Kapil Hari Paranjape [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: option C, we create a way to extract the version information from every grub file. So that the grub shell can check that its version matches the stage files and if not generate an ERROR message. Note that stage1 is a boot sector and so contains

Bug#345931: If the problem is that the user doesn't know he won't be able to reboot...

2006-09-22 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
tags 345931 + patch thanks In my previous response, I missed this post to this bug list. On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Marc Fargas wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Surely this is still a bug in the grub shell for failing to notice that it had rendered the system unbootable? Grub

Bug#345931: If the problem is that the user doesn't know he won't be able to reboot...

2006-09-18 Thread Leandro Dorileo
Hi Jason On Wednesday 13 September 2006 18:26, Jason Thomas wrote: option C, we create a way to extract the version information from every grub file. So that the grub shell can check that its version matches the stage files and if not generate an ERROR message. I tryied to understand how to

Bug#345931: If the problem is that the user doesn't know he won't be able to reboot...

2006-09-15 Thread Marc Fargas
I'm not sure about that. there's a chance that some people want thise behaviour (I mean, do not touch the stage files) and raising an ERROR would leave them with no option. If you want your stage files updated use grub-install. If not use grub, setup() and pay attention to the warning message. A

Bug#345931: If the problem is that the user doesn't know he won't be able to reboot...

2006-09-13 Thread Marc Fargas
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Surely this is still a bug in the grub shell for failing to notice that it had rendered the system unbootable? Grub shell is supposed to be used by experienced users, and if the big problem is that setup() doesn't copy those files to /boot/ there are

Bug#345931: If the problem is that the user doesn't know he won't be able to reboot...

2006-09-13 Thread Jason Thomas
option C, we create a way to extract the version information from every grub file. So that the grub shell can check that its version matches the stage files and if not generate an ERROR message. On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:05:38AM +0200, Marc Fargas wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: