Hi, On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:54:59 +0000 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you want (or are forced) to have /boot and your MBR on different > > harddrives (*not* partitions) invoke grub and do the manual install as > > described in the handbook rather than use grub-install which simply > > assumes they are on the same drive. > > I've found grub-install to be flakey on a number of occasions, so I > always do it manually. +1. Grub-install did never (okay, in many cases) the right thing and made things too complicated. I usually have a grub CD flying around (see "info grub" on how to create one -- but your linux distro of choice may have one if not using syslinux/isolinux). In the earlier days that was a grub-floppy, but I don't bother using likely to be defective floppies anymore... Letting grub install from its "native" environment (rather than under the kernel's regency) has proven to be rock-solid, esp. regarding device enumeration. OTOH, be sure which partition's or disk's boot sector you're writing to... > there's only two commands to remember and type, > sometime I even manage it without reading the docs :) Bahhh, grub has "help"! :-) -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
