Re: Debian Wheezy Grub Problem

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Wed 13 Mar 2013 at 23:19:57 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 21:16 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> > For anyone who actually thinks about following Ralf's advice: if you
> > do
> > that, it is also necessary to divert /usr/sbin/update-grub and replace
> > it with something harmless, say a symlink to /bin/true.  Otherwise the
> > local changes to grub.cfg will be overwritten.
> 
> It's better to use GRUB of a "locked" Linux install. If there would be
> an upgrade for GRUB 2 /usr/sbin/update-grub would be reinstalled.

Sven's advice is expanded on here:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2011-03/msg00111.html

   > On Debian/Ubuntu, you can reliably disable all automatic calls to
   > update-grub like this:

   >  dpkg-divert --rename --add /usr/sbin/update-grub
   >  ln -s /bin/true /usr/sbin/update-grub

   > (To undo this, 'rm /usr/sbin/update-grub; dpkg-divert --rename --remove
   > /usr/sbin/update-grub'.)

I've used this technique successfully for some time and cannot see your
suggestion offering any advantage.