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  1. Bug #496435
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 496435

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Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek) wrote : Re: [Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

This bug has EVERYTHING to do with how the BIOS orders devices and how Grub
just outright ignores that ordering despite the fact every other PC based OS
can get that information from the BIOS and respect it. They can even honor
the device order selected by the user from the boot menu.

When Grub chooses the wrong *&)(&)(*&^ing drive as the boot drive, it updates
the wrong MBR.

We have had this discussion many many many times. The DOS emulator people can
get it right. The wine people can get it right. FreeDOS can get it right and
so can most other OSs. Grub chooses not to.

On Friday, October 15, 2010 07:24:21 pm you wrote:
> @Seasoned_geek
>
> Please re-read the bug description, this has nothing to do with how the
> BIOS orders devices. Additionally, it is impossible to reliably
> determine the BIOS's order from within linux which, among other reasons,
> is why grub2 instead identifies filesystems by UUID.

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