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Bug 230976 - Please add URL on how to update grub to MBR when updating grub from older version
Summary: Please add URL on how to update grub to MBR when updating grub from older ver...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2008-07-06 19:48 UTC by herrmann.jens
Modified: 2008-07-06 21:58 UTC (History)
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Description herrmann.jens 2008-07-06 19:48:59 UTC
After updating grub to version 0.97-r6 I got the following message:

 * *** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install
 * the new version's stage1 to your MBR.  Until you do,
 * stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but
 * later stages will be the new version, which could
 * cause problems such as an unbootable system.

Most users are supposed to see this message this times. Maybe it would be helpful to add a URL describing how to install the new version's stage1 to the MBR. I would propose this one: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=10#grub-install-auto

This would help users avoid the 15 minutes it took me to find this explanation ;-)

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -u grub

Actual Results:  
 * *** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install
 * the new version's stage1 to your MBR.  Until you do,
 * stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but
 * later stages will be the new version, which could
 * cause problems such as an unbootable system.

Expected Results:  
 * *** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install
 * the new version's stage1 to your MBR.  Until you do,
 * stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but
 * later stages will be the new version, which could
 * cause problems such as an unbootable system.
 * For installing stage1 see: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=10#grub-install-auto
Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2008-07-06 21:58:59 UTC
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