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Re: Attempt to Move Root



Le septidi 7 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Pascal Hambourg a écrit :
> You are confusing GPT (partition table format) and UEFI (firmware and
> boot interface).

Quite the contrary, I am trying to de-confuse by using exactly the correct
terms.

> Can you tell more ? AFAIK, there is no equivalent to the "BIOS boot"
> partition in the MSDOS partition scheme.

What is there to tell more? You create a partition and decide it is for the
bootloader, period.

> I beg to differ.
> Upgrading the GRUB package will automatically try to reinstall the
> bootloader it is responsible for. If it fails, it will install the new
> modules in /boot/grub/ and leave the old boot image and core image,
> leading to a version mismatch.
> Also, the grub.cfg config file created by grub-mkconfig or update-grub
> may not be compatible with the bootloader installed by another version
> of GRUB because of changes in syntax or modules.
> 
> Of course you are correct if the GRUB package is not responsible for the
> active bootloader.

Agreed.

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