[Mageia-dev] Grub and Grub2

Sat Feb 4 12:04:10 CET 2012

Le 2012-02-04 03:42, zezinho a écrit :
+> Le samedi 4 février 2012 02:27:29, Michel Catudal a écrit :
+>> default. One thing that pisses me off on all the Linux distribution,
+>> including Mageia is that the fact that the bootloader is on the MBR is
+>> sorta hidden and it is not obvious how to switch it to the partition. It
+> How to boot if nothing is in the MBR? At least, we should install grub in both
+> MBR and / partition. This way, it is easier to recover from a broken MBR.
+>
+> Anyway, most users only install one OS in one hardware. For other uses, you
+> are expected to know what you are doing.
+>
+My complaint is that the way to switch it is not explained correctly. Sometimes we can't even see where the option is because the description of it is so cryptic.
+I never install less than 1 Linux distribution, if one fails I have the other one to rely on. Since usually grub is tied to one particular OS, if that one messes up you are screwed. A separate bootloader not relying on any OS either on the MBR or a 
+separate partition is the only acceptable way for me.
+It makes no sense whatsover for a bootloader to be tied to either windows, Linux, BSD or OS/2 and grub should always be on the boot partition.
+We are not in the days where disk space is expensive.
+
+The bootloader installation should be entirely separate from the operating system. You should have the option to first install a bootloader of your choice if one is not allready installed and then install the OS. When all is done you OS installer add 
+itself to the bootloader or you do it separately. xosl is an easy one but there are many others.
+
+Michel
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