> Maybe what needs to be fixed is grub not writing to your “alternative > place”? > now I installed one Debian Sid/Experimental and an Ubuntu 11.10. I perfer Debian to take control my MBR. But once upgrade Ubuntu, the MBR is taken place, and once then upgrade Debian, it's back. I hate this behavior. I believe that the MBR must be taken control by users. -- YunQiang Su