Bug#954718: grub-installer: update templates for UEFI and other media than hard disks
Hey Holger,
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 03:03:04PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 04:09:53PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> >On 3/22/20 3:59 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
>> >> - MBR is outdated -> UEFI came as a successor;
>> >
>> >What about the boot mechanisms of all other architectures?
>> >
>> >Open-Firmware machines use GRUB as well and they have a boot sector.
>> >
>> >Other architectures use GRUB via chainloading with uboot, so you need
>> >to include this well if you want to be comprehensive. And s390x
>> >supports GRUB as well.
>> >
>> >Do you want to include all these, too?
>>
>> ACK. Probably worth using more generic terminology if we can. Instead
>> of talking about MBR or UEFI at all, maybe just aim for "primary
>> drive" or similar?
>>
>> >> - hard disks are no longer the only/mainly used storage media (depending on
>> >> architecture); these days we are installing OS'es on SD cards or USB
>> >> thumbdrives for example.
>> >
>> >What about virtual devices? Is "drive" appropriate in these cases or should
>> >it be "disk image"?
>>
>> It's not always easy to tell reliably if you're installing to a
>> virtual device. It's still a "drive" as far as most people are
>> concerned, so I'd just stick with that.
>
>I have attached an updated patch, which might be considered.
I think this is better, yes. :-) Taking into account Adrian's
feedback, maybe s/primary drive/hard disk/ in most places?
Thanks for this effort - it's definitely good to move away from the
misleading "MBR" text.
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