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* Re: [gentoo-user] Having trouble installing grub on second disk
  @ 2005-07-26 20:44 99%   ` michael
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From: michael @ 2005-07-26 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:12:40 -0700 (PDT), michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote:
>
>> I have Gentoo (2005.0) installed on my master primary device, and I
>> am trying to create a minimal Linux system on a new disk, my slave
>> primary device.
>>
>> So, I partition and make a 32M ext2 file system, make the appropriate
>> directories and devices, install busybox and other odds and ends. Then I
>> copy over the kernel from my Gentoo system (same hardware, so the same
>> kernel).
>>
>> Finally I install grub on the slave primary device, and set up my
>> grub.conf like so:
>>
>>   default 0
>>   timeout 10
>>
>>   title=minimal linux on slave primary device
>>   root (hd1,0)
>>   kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1
>>
>> root (hd1,0) should be the first partition on my slave primary device
>
> You don't need to install GRUB on the slave drive, just add this to your
> existing grub.conf. GRUB is able to boot from a different drive.

Ah, but eventually the first disk will go away. It's just support while
I develop the minimal install. So I do need grub on it. But thanks for
responding anyway, I appreciate the help

Michael
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