Re: [RFC] Detect other software using embedding area

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:14 AM, C. P. Ghost <address@hidden> wrote:

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Thomas Schmitt <address@hidden> wrote:
> Maybe one should use external boot media of
> which GRUB can claim complete ownership.
> I.e. an USB stick or a CD which hosts GRUB and
> a custom configuration.
> This way, GRUB would have no shares in the
> embattled area at all.

This way, GRUB would be unusable on rack-mounted
servers in data centers. You can't add a USB stick or CD
there, if all you have is remote serial console access...

On servers hopefully you are setting up a special partition for grub to use.

The embedding area sounds like it is trying to solve a problem with dual-boot systems where the first OS is already installed and cannot be moved.

 

-cpghost.

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