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On 2010-10-09 1:48 PM, Andrea Conti wrote: |
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> On 09/10/2010 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> I'm ready to update grub, but just realized I'm not sure if I need to |
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>> mount /boot before I emerge update it or not... |
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> /boot must be mounted, but the ebuild will mount it for you if it is not. |
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Thanks - I thought that was the case but couldn't remember (since grub |
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isn't updated very often)... |
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> Note however that the ebuild will *not* update the stages installed in |
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> the MBR and/or boot sector: after you're done emerging you have to do |
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> that either manually or by re-running grub-install. |
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> Depending on what changed between the two releases, failure to update |
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> the stages might result in an unbootable system. |
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Right... thanks... |
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