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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:54:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070108135459.447f74b7@hactar.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701081531.42424.uwix@iway.na>

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On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:31:42 +0200, Uwe Thiem 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. there's only two commands to remember and type,
sometime I even manage it without reading the docs :)


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Neil Bothwick

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-08 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-08 13:31 [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install Uwe Thiem
2007-01-08 13:54 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2007-01-08 19:00   ` Uwe Thiem
2007-01-08 20:31   ` Hans-Werner Hilse
2007-01-08 22:36     ` Neil Bothwick

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