Quoting Tito via Dng (dng@lists.dyne.org):
> if you are brave you can erase grub from mbr of the disk:
>
> Zero out MBR. (but not all of it!) You need to use 'dd' to erase the
> MBR. For my machine the command was:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/YOUR_DRIVE bs=446 count=1
The need for bravery can b
On 6/29/20 6:22 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 05:49:29PM +0200, Gonzalo Pérez de Olaguer Córdoba
> wrote:
>> Hi, Hendrik.
>>
>> El Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:37:45 -0400
>> Hendrik Boom escribió:
>>
>>> Where is it configured which drives get updated when I update the kernel,
>>> a
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:44:40AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:36:58AM +1000, terryc wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:18:24 -0400
> > Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Does it determine which MBRs to update by looking at the BIOS 'boot'
> > > flags?
> >
> > As I un
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 05:49:29PM +0200, Gonzalo Pérez de Olaguer Córdoba
wrote:
> Hi, Hendrik.
>
> El Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:37:45 -0400
> Hendrik Boom escribió:
>
> > Where is it configured which drives get updated when I update the kernel,
> > as part of a regular upgrade using aptitude.
>
>
On 29-06-2020 17:53, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 05:24:57PM +0200, d...@d404.nl wrote:
>> On 29-06-2020 17:13, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:44:05PM +, dal wrote:
> From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom
> Sent: den
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 05:24:57PM +0200, d...@d404.nl wrote:
> On 29-06-2020 17:13, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:44:05PM +, dal wrote:
> >>> From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom
> >>> Sent: den 29 juni 2020 14:18
> >>> What I want to kno
Hi, Hendrik.
El Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:37:45 -0400
Hendrik Boom escribió:
> Where is it configured which drives get updated when I update the kernel,
> as part of a regular upgrade using aptitude.
debconf has a configuration option for that.
try: dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
if you see nothing inter
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:36:58AM +1000, terryc wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:18:24 -0400
> Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
>
> > Does it determine which MBRs to update by looking at the BIOS 'boot'
> > flags?
>
> As I understand it, the boxen looks at the UEFI(?) for the pointer to
> which piece of
On 29-06-2020 17:13, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:44:05PM +, dal wrote:
>>> From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom
>>> Sent: den 29 juni 2020 14:18
>>> What I want to know is:
>>>What determines which disks' MBRs get written to during a
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:44:05PM +, dal wrote:
> > From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom
> > Sent: den 29 juni 2020 14:18
>
> > What I want to know is:
> >What determines which disks' MBRs get written to during a
> >normal kernel upgrade initiated b
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:18:24 -0400
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Does it determine which MBRs to update by looking at the BIOS 'boot'
> flags?
As I understand it, the boxen looks at the UEFI(?) for the pointer to
which piece of HW carries the initial loader, which then loads "grub"
and its configurati
> From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom
> Sent: den 29 juni 2020 14:18
> What I want to know is:
>What determines which disks' MBRs get written to during a
>normal kernel upgrade initiated by aptitude.
A normal kernel upgrade does not, nor needs to rewr
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 01:26:50PM +0200, Florian Zieboll wrote:
> On June 29, 2020 12:37:45 AM GMT+02:00, Hendrik Boom
> wrote:
> > Where is it configured which drives get updated when I update the kernel,
> > as part of a regular upgrade using aptitude.
> >
> > Presumably it has to install the
On June 29, 2020 12:37:45 AM GMT+02:00, Hendrik Boom
wrote:
> Where is it configured which drives get updated when I update the kernel,
> as part of a regular upgrade using aptitude.
>
> Presumably it has to install the new kernel, build an initrd, find out
> what other bootable systems are ava
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