On 12/15/2011 04:40 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Why exactly don't we list partitions anymore? (see https://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/commit/55190c0c81fc76f8b2b3983e790f2c7aacf4e...) IIRC you said it shouldn't be really needed, but turns out it is: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25726 see also http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2011-March/001557.html
so we should probably list again all blockdevices (partitions and devices themselves)
Dieter I agree with Thomas.
1.) There are better alternatives to installing grub on a partition (see Thomas' mail). 2.) Listing all the block devices and partitions becomes hard to read. /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdc /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc2 vs /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc 3.) Don't use grub-legacy (not supported upstream or maintained). Use syslinux (installer) or grub2 (manually). Installing grub to a partition is an uncommon setup and used by few users, Those who really want to install grub to a partition can do so manually.