On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 12:37:44AM -0400, John Tobey wrote: > > took me quite a while to figure out, so here is a step by step manual how to > > build a _boot_ disk. > > Thanks! > > > $ mkdir /floppy/boot/grub > > $ cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /floppy/boot/grub > > $ cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /floppy/boot/grub > > > dd if=/usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 > > dd if=/usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1 > > What is the point of installing the same data in two places on the > boot floppy? (once in the filesystem and once in the first few > sectors)
This is a different disk. I couldn't figure out how to install GRUB on the boot image directly, so I had to make a GRUB boot disk, and then install Grub on the other disk by booting the GRUB boot disk first. If you have a command to install GRUB directly from the Unix environment, let me know. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/
