From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MrT5u-0006Rn-9f for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:57:30 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrT5r-0006RO-0U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:57:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrT5m-0006Nt-BX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:57:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56711 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrT5m-0006Ni-4r for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:57:22 -0400 Received: from smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk ([212.23.3.142]:59657) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MrT5l-0001zA-Os for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:57:21 -0400 Received: from [82.69.40.219] (helo=riva.pelham.vpn.ucam.org) by smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MrT5k-00025X-Qp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:57:20 +0000 Received: from cjwatson by riva.pelham.vpn.ucam.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) for grub-devel@gnu.org id 1MrT5k-0002HA-00; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:57:20 +0100 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:57:20 +0100 From: Colin Watson To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090926085720.GV13423@riva.ucam.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-Smarthost03-IP: [82.69.40.219] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Protection of boot sector and embedded area X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:57:27 -0000 On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 09:28:12AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Is there a setting for grub-install/grub-setup where, if set, will > never actually over write the boot sector and embedded area of my HD? > I don't mind grub.conf being written to, I just do not want the boot > up executables written to. > For example, if I have an Ubuntu install, and the grub package gets > upgraded, is there a way to stop the automatic update from attacking > the boot and embedded area of my HD? At the moment, this is a recipe for GRUB becoming unusable, as the interface between the core image and grub.cfg is not yet stable. As such, I expect that the Ubuntu package will be changing to make this harder to do by accident. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]