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On Aug 27, 2015 6:50 PM, <mcatudal@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> >It's not a bug, and it won't be "fixed". Installing on a partition is |
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> >simply not supported. |
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> When a needed functionality is no longer working it is a bug. To have |
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grub installing itself on the MBR when the users doesn't it to is |
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unacceptable because it wipes out the part that loads the bootloader so |
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booting to other operating systems (OS/2, PC Dos, Ecomstation, etc) is no |
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longer possible with a nice bootloader, we are then stuck with grub which |
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is a pain in the ass to setup. |
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Or simply an unsupported / deprecated feature. |
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> I want to use grub only for the current Linux that I boot on. |
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So try to do it, or fork it and fix it yourself? The freedom is there. |
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> The maintainers of grub are basically acting like dictators much like |
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Microsoft. The whole point of using Linux was to have complete control of |
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the PC. Who those morons think they are to tell me what I should use to |
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boot Operating systems on my computer? |
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I think you have this backwards. Who are you to demand others make software |
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behave the way you want? The only person telling you what you can use to |
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boot your machine is your own requirements. |
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Since you are so sure what the vision of this software should be, why don't |
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you whip up a lull request with the code to do what you want it to do? |
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You hold the power. Do something with it. |
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> Michel |
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