Chris Murphy composed on 2015-03-27 16:27 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
When dependence on jump to active is retained, the worst that happens when Windows is inevitably reinstalled is the active flag got moved and needs to be moved back, a very simple process regardless of what is bootable, very much simpler than a Grub repair.
Nah, actually the only thing you need to do to restore Windows after installing GRUB is write the syslinux mbr.bin to LBA 0. GRUB's grub-install doesn't change the active bit, it simply writes jump code to those first 440 bytes, ignoring the partition map entirely.
That too is presumptuous. This is about multiboot. Multiboot does not mean exclusively 1 Windows and 1 Linux, or 1 Mac and 1 Linux, or 1 Windows and 2 Linux. I expect to see the same boot menu and 4-40+ choices choices on every boot, until such time as I change them myself, or direct something else to do so. When did any Grub version or Linux installer start handling 0x0A or HPFS 0x07 partitions correctly? I've never seen it. Flipping the boot flag back where it came from before it was moved without asking is easily done regardless what is booted. That anything at all boots from any HD after an installation is yet another assumption. Flipping the flag can be done with DOS Debug if necessary (IIRC, but even if not, DOS Fdisk from floppy boot is another possibility besides whatever was last booted prior to running some installer), with no partition mounting or even filesystem recognition necessary. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org