Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:08:24 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote:
> Your regular rants against grub are entertaining. :)
I wouldn't call it a rant. I have nothing personal against grub-pc,
per se. I hope they are eventually successful in their project.
I just think it's too unstable for production use at this time.
You of course are entitled to disagree if you like.
> The OP said that his error was "BIOS Installed Successfully", which
> must mean that his box had a hardware upgrade/change and that could
> easily make any boot loader, linux/unix/windows/apple, lose its
> bearings.
Well, if the OP really was performing a BIOS upgrade, then yes,
you're right of course. But I would think that if the OP really
was performing a BIOS upgrade that he would say so. It seems to
be a very significant and relevant detail. (Then again, you'd be
surprised what people try to hide when they ask for help sometimes.)
I must confess I glossed over that and figured he must have meant
"BIOS data check successful" or something like that. I've never
known a debian upgrade to upgrade the BIOS. And from his description,
the messages only stay on the screen for an instant. He may not
have transcribed it right. But theoretically you're right.
If he really was performing a BIOS upgrade and it didn't go right,
then any boot loader may have trouble booting. On the other hand,
he did report that he was able to boot successfully from the
Lenny install CD.
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