Why installing GRUB into a partition is a BAD idea?

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@syg00 Please clarify: Is this a problem of GRUB2 chainloading legacy GRUB?

I use grub2 and blocklists several times and have had no problems as of now. The only way I could see a problem is if you restructure your hd. I like chainloading because I upgrade or change distros and do not have to worry with changing the boot menu because you are booting the partition.

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