Comment 30 for bug 441941

Isn't it possible for Grub2 to use the same room in he MBR as Grub1. I mean send the rest of info as stage 1.5 somewhere else where HP and others will not write.

I think this is a major issue, and send a mail to HP will have no effect. They don't care about Grub2 (less than 5% of the market!).

Because it worked beautifully w/ HP and Grub1, why not to try to use the same space and no more on the MBR. Otherwise a lot of new linux "prospects" will disappear, they are not concerned w/ these writing Pb in MBR. They just want a dual-boot PC which works right away.