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On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, Michel Catudal wrote: |
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> No one is asking them to do that. As mentioned before it works with some |
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> override. A solution to the problem would be to remove the arrogance toward |
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> people who want grub on a partition and remove the part in the installer that |
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> refuses to install it unless you give it an override. |
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To me they are dealing with this in the right way. As the developers they |
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have to decide what setups they want to support as the spectrum is huge |
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and manpower is limited. |
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There are problems with installing grub to a partition, read [1]. |
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Therefore it is not supported and not allowed by default, because if they |
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don't do this people: |
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1. _will_ try installing to a partition |
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2. _will_ render their system unbootable |
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3. _will_ come running for help and complaining |
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4. _will_ get angry when you tell them `I told you so' |
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Seems perfectly legit to want to spare yourself this trouble. |
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> If I say write the |
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> bootloader on the partition, that should work as requested, they can still |
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> write a comment that they do not like us doing it but should not keep us from |
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> doing it. If it doesn't work we will see it soon enough. |
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I don't get you - that _is_ exactly what they are doing. You say 'write |
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bootloader to partition' by adding the force flag and grub2 complains but |
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does what it is told. |
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[1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1229097#p1229097 |
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