Re: [gentoo-user] /boot/grub and grub2 directories

[Dale]

Wols Lists wrote:
> On 04/12/2021 15:53, Dale wrote:
>> While I'm at it.  When the grub package upgrades, should I reinstall
>> with grub-install to update what is on the drive or is it safe to just
>> leave it as is?  I seem to recall a upgrade to grub a while back.  It
>> just dawned on me that while the package is updated, what is installed
>> on the hard drive boot part with grub-install is still the original from
>> ages ago when I first built this rig.  Thoughts??
>
> I don't think I've ever updated what's in the mbr. It doesn't really
> matter in that it just hands over to the real linux and root. I think
> it would be rather hard to compromise, and anyway if anything has got
> so far as to tamper with your boot, I think the game is over anyway.
>
> Most changes of any consequence will be to the user-space code anyway,
> not the actual boot stuff.
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>
>


That info is very helpful.  I sort of figured that if there was a major
change, we would see some sort of message about needing to reinstall
before rebooting. 

Thanks much.

Dale

:-)  :-)