From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H418w-0004JX-3h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:30:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l08KTh66029058; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:29:43 GMT Received: from gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de [134.76.163.126]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l08KPNZ8028582 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:25:23 GMT Received: by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix, from userid 8) id 3A059108B80; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:25:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dslb-082-083-020-238.pools.arcor-ip.net [82.83.20.238]) by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B0DA108B6E for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:25:20 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:31:17 +0100 From: Hans-Werner Hilse To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install Message-Id: <20070108213117.11b3c285.hilse@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20070108135459.447f74b7@hactar.digimed.co.uk> References: <200701081531.42424.uwix@iway.na> <20070108135459.447f74b7@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.0 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Details: No, hits=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de X-Archives-Salt: 81afc990-e4ce-4b23-b005-6a05a5213bc3 X-Archives-Hash: fe27f372a1217e287bc0907a9bbbfcf6 Hi, On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:54:59 +0000 Neil Bothwick 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