On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Jason Thomas wrote: > > boot form hda > > => hda is (hd0), hde is (hd1), hdg is (hd2) > > invoke grub > > root (hd1,0) > > install /grub/stage1 (hd1) /grub/stage2 > > > > reboot, remove hda form bios > > you need to create a grub boot disk, "cat stage1 stage2 > /dev/fd0"
Is it somehow possible to install grub on a second disk (that will become the first disk) without using a floppy or a cdrom? I often have to deal with machines with no floppy or cdrom. > the only concern now is todo with your raid setup, and I know nothing > about booting raid with grub. In 0.90 software RAID shouldn't be a problem as long as /boot is RAID1 array and carries ext2 filesystem. The partition type 'fd' (Linux SW RAID) is also recognized as ext2 partition (this is a dumb trick, but it worked for me). After you have /boot partition (/dev/md0) synced, you can install grub on the second disk. I do that like this: root (hd1,0) install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1,0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 (hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd1) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 (hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst This way the machine can boot even if the first disk fails or is removed. D. _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
