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Re: grub update and reinstallation

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In addition - this is booting in legacy/BIOS mode not in UEFI - otherwise
it would have mentioned grub-efi

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 6:38 PM Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri 31 Jul 2020 at 11:21:06 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
>
> > The recent security updates to grub inspire two questions:
> > 1) Do the changes require updating the info put in the boot sector?
>
> Yes.
>
> > 2) Does the upgrade do that installation automatically?
>
> Yes.
>
> > I couldn't find documentation that addressed either issue, though I think
> > the answer to 2) for my system is yes.
> >
> > When I did the upgrade the terminal showed
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Setting up grub-pc (2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u1) ...
> > Installing for i386-pc platform.
> > Installation finished. No error reported.
> > Generating grub configuration file ...
> > --------------------------------
> > The second line suggests an installation happened, though it's not clear.
>
> It is abundantly clear. What else could be meant?
>
> > In particular, it doesn't mention any particular installation location.
>
> Why should it?
>
> --
> Brian.
>
>

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grub update and reinstallation Ross Boylan <rossboylan@stanfordalumni.org> - 2020-07-31 20:30 +0200
  Re: grub update and reinstallation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-31 20:40 +0200
    Re: grub update and reinstallation Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-07-31 21:30 +0200
      Re: grub update and reinstallation Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-08-01 09:10 +0200
        Re: grub update and reinstallation Graham Seaman <graham@theseamans.net> - 2020-08-01 13:30 +0200
          Re: grub update and reinstallation Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2020-08-01 15:10 +0200
            Re: grub update and reinstallation Graham Seaman <graham@theseamans.net> - 2020-08-01 19:30 +0200
              Re: grub update and reinstallation Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-08-01 22:00 +0200
              Re: grub update and reinstallation Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-08-02 05:50 +0200
                Re: grub update and reinstallation Graham Seaman <graham@theseamans.net> - 2020-08-03 00:00 +0200
                Re: grub update and reinstallation Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-08-03 18:40 +0200
                Re: grub update and reinstallation Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> - 2020-08-03 23:50 +0200
          Re: grub update and reinstallation Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-08-01 22:40 +0200
    Re: grub update and reinstallation Ross Boylan <rossboylan@stanfordalumni.org> - 2020-08-01 00:40 +0200

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