Hello, 2007/10/17, Shane Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Ah.. > > grub-install isn't really needed, make sure the package is installed > in the chroot environment. chroot in and make sure /boot/grub exists. > > The rest should work a little like this: > > cp -a /usr/lib/grub/x86(or whatever arch)/* /boot/grub/
This command should be executed inside chroot Assuming /dev/sda is your the drive you want to install grub on: > > echo (hd0) /dev/sda > /etc/boot/device.map > > grub --device-map=/etc/boot/device.map And suppose these are run outside of chroot. grub> root (hd0,0) > root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > grub> setup (hd0) > setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes > Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes > Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes > Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 15 sectors are embedded. > succeeded > Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+15 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 > /grub/menu.lst"... succeeded > Done. > grub> This is a more flexible way to install grub. Is it possible to add either of these methods to the Installation Guide? I usually try to follow the official documentation and in this case it is not complete from this point of view. Thanks, Igor -- :wq
