URL:
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27593
Summary: Install grub 1.97 beta3 on floppy
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: booster
Submitted on: Вск 04 Окт 2009 14:07:25
Category: Installation
Severity: Major
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #27593 (project grub):
Sorry. I don`t know how to edit post.
3)
# mke2fs /dev/fd0
# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt
# grub-install --force --root-directory=/mnt /dev/fd0
grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk. This is
a BAD idea.
grub-setup:
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #27593 (project grub):
I don't get why you need to post 3 times the whole text.
Anyway --root-directory= and blocklists are currently broken. Known bug.
To create a floppy image you can use grub-mkrescue and --overlay=overlay/ to
include custom files, though only
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #27593 (project grub):
Thank you for answer. I am sorry for post 3 times.
I read grub documentation and surprised.
Also:
3.2 Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM
For booting from a CD-ROM, GRUB uses a special Stage 2 called
‘stage2_eltorito’.
$ cp
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #27593 (project grub):
Because you looked at the GRUB Legacy manual.
The GRUB 2 isn't yet that complete and it doestn't mention how to ues
grub-mkrescue.
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Follow-up Comment #5, bug #27593 (project grub):
Because you looked at the GRUB Legacy manual.
Why? This manual is for GNU GRUB (version 1.97~beta3, 7 Ago 2009).
How to make a bootable cd with grub 1.97?
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Follow-up Comment #6, bug #27593 (project grub):
Oh right. I thought we removed everything specific to GRUB Legacy from it
before enabling it in `make install'
Well same answer: grub-mkrescue
Just look at it's --help output, A CD image is even the default.
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #27593 (project grub):
Thank you, Felix. --overlay= works good.
There won't be a filesystem on it. Only the GRUB which gets there installed
can read the files in the included memdisk.
With grub 0.97 is it possible?
