let me see if I follow whats going on.
okay if I use grub-install to create the boot floppy "grub-install
/dev/floppy/0" its creating a boot floppy that is specific to my system?
and if I use the dd method it creates a boot floppy thats generic.
is that correct.
and if I want to use grub-install too make a generic boot floppy then I
need to create a filesystem on the floppy to and specify the
--root-directory so that it will put the files on the floppy.
so the problem was I was doing "grub-install" and then taking the floppy
to another machine and trying to boot it up. which is not going to work.
if thats the case then I think I will add the grub-floppy script I
started to work on before. well at least to the debian package. and if
you think its useful in cvs.
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 01:22:33PM +0900, OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> From: Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Bug-grub] Re: grub floppy
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:59:07 +1000
>
> > well that made the boot floppy but it doesn't work.
>
> Please investigate if that's because of grub-install. If you invoke
> the grub shell directly and install GRUB into your floppy manually,
> then does it work well? Also, see what grub-install does by tracing
> the execution (e.g. "bash -x grub-install").
>
> > if I use the dd method to create boot floppy it works.
>
> That's good to know, but I need to know if the problem is due to GRUB
> commands or the grub shell.
>
> Regards,
> Okuji
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