Hi,
Don't know why this hasn't been fixed.
$ grub-install /dev/<some_device>
grub-install: -e: command not found
grub-install: -e: command not found
/dev/<some_device> does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
A patch is attached for GRUB 0.5.96.1.
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Alfred M. Szmidt
diff -ur grub-0.5.96.1.orig/util/grub-install.in grub-0.5.96.1/util/grub-install.in
--- grub-0.5.96.1.orig/util/grub-install.in Mon Oct 16 16:42:36 2000
+++ grub-0.5.96.1/util/grub-install.in Sat Apr 7 00:42:06 2001
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
# Break the device name into the disk part and the partition part.
case "$host_os" in
linux*)
- tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%\([sh]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%'
+ tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%\([sh]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%' \
-e 's%/part[0-9]*$%/disc%'`
- tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%'
+ tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' \
-e 's%.*/\(disc\|part\([0-9]*\)\)$%\2%'`
;;
gnu*)
