=================== BUG #3814: LATEST MODIFICATIONS ==================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=3814&group_id=68
Changes by: Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun 11/16/03 at 15:55 (GMT)
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Resolution | Duplicate | None
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Oops. I made a change by accident, so I revert the previous change.
=================== BUG #3814: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================
Submitted by: zenaan Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted on: Fri 05/30/03 at 02:17
Category: Documentation Severity: Major
Priority: None Bug Group: Non-software Error
Resolution: None Assigned to: None
Originator Name: Originator Email:
Status: Open Release: 0.93
Reproducibility: Every Time Planned Release:
Summary: Lack of clarity in some grub docs
Original Submission: 1) section "Invoking grub-install" (info):
Why would I want to use the following option (ie. it should tell me so I can learn
why, and if there is anything else it should be used for)?:
"`--grub-shell=FILE'
Use FILE as the grub shell. You can append arbitrary options to
FILE after the file name, like this:
grub-install --grub-shell="grub --read-only" /dev/fd0
"
2) (various):
"the native grub environment" is not clearly defined anywhere. I originally thought it
meant using grub shell to install grub. Now I think it might mean booting from a grub
floppy to install grub. I'm not sure now.
3) section "Installation" enhancement (recommendation):
I have stuffed my hdd boot sector on at least one occasion. There are two ways to
experiment with grub installation without installing it into the boot sector (eg.
/dev/hda, /dev/sda or hd0 etc).
i) install into a partition and using existing bootloader (eg. lilo) to chainload that
partition
ii) install on a floppy, and boot from that
These might seem obvious to some of us, but they might be really useful bits of
information to have at the start of the Installation section in the info doc, for
newbies.
4) Unclear 'installation' concept ("Installation", misc):
There are two entirely separate parts of grub installation - as the first paragraph of
Installation states "First, you need to have GRUB itself properly installed on your
system, ..."
Perhaps there should be a new very first para reading something like "There are two
entirely different steps to grub installation - into the operating system/
distribution, and onto a drive for booting."
The second para currently reads: "To use GRUB, you need to install it on your drive."
For the newbie, the current first two paras could probably be clearer (sometimes I
even have to stop and think - not a bad thing in itself though :).
Perhaps the second para could start like "To use GRUB, you need to install it on your
drive - ie. into the boot sector of the drive itself, or the bootsector of a
partition. For this step, grub's stage1 must be told where stage2 is installed, ie.
where is grub's "root".
This, for me, would have made things quicker for me to grasp. Despite working on PCs
for a decade, I've found the grub docs confusing, and hopefully these things will help
the next guy.
regards
zen
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Date: Sun 11/16/03 at 15:55 By: okuji
Oops. I made a change by accident, so I revert the previous change.
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