Ubuntu
grub package

  1. Bug #8497
  2. Comment #23

Comment 23 for bug 8497

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Jason McMullan (jason-mcmullan) wrote :

Why not build with CONFIG_EDD=m, and set the default Linux command line to 'edd=skipmbr'?

That way we don't have the takes-forever disk checks of bug 8899, but we will still be able to get
the geometry information correctly for GRUB et. al.?

And if someone *really* needs the MBR checks, they can append edd=on?