As someone else pointed out, "apt-get install grub" will install the grub package. To install it in the mbr, your run "grub-install /dev/hda" (assuming you are installing it on /dev/hda). However, once you do this, when you go to reboot, you'll simply be presented with a prompt that says: "grub>". You can use that to boot Linux (or another OS) if you know what to type at the prompt. What you should do is construct a file /boot/grub/menu.lst, which has everything you need in it - then you won't have to type anything, just choose from a menu. Below I've included what I have in that file - yours will no doubt differ depending on what's installed in your partitions.
You ought to read this primer: http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue85/4622.html After you've digested that, download a grub boot floppy image and experiment with that before you actually install to the hard drive. regards, Robert # /boot/grub/menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # -------------------- grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from # 0, and the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default # entry is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the # default entry(normally the first entry defined). timeout 30 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue # Display a splashscreen splashimage (hd0,4)/boot/splash.xpm.gz foreground bbbbbb background 000000 ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive # editing control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries # protected by the command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda5 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,4) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(single user mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## ## End Default Options ## title Knoppix 3.3 root (hd0,7) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi initrd /boot/initrd.gz savedefault boot title SUSE root (hd0,2) kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop hdd=ide-scsi hddlun=0 showopts initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd boot title Slackware root (hd0,6) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi apm=power-off boot title Windows root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.21 (single user mode) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21 root=/dev/hda5 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi single savedefault boot ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST title Memory Test root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/memtest86.bin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
