Forwarding.
-- Bruce
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Subject: GRUB 1.99 Documentation Observation
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:55:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Douglas Morris <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Douglas Morris <[email protected]>
Thanks for your work on documenting grub which I plan to use with my
installation of GNU/Linux. I have a comment on the GRUB documentation
posted online for version 1.99.
3.4 BIOS Installation, MBR section says: "there are two ways to install
GRUB: it can be
embedded in the area between the MBR and the first partition (...), or
the core image can be installed in a
file system and a list of the blocks that make it up can be stored in the
first sector of that partition."
However, when I look at 3.1 Installing GRUB using grub-install, there is
no explanation about where the 'core image' is installed or how its
placement is controlled.
My observation comes from trying to find out if I can boot GRUB if I
'install' it in a /boot logical partition on an MBR harddrive. I will
just try it not knowing the particulars and see what happens. I can
always start over using Clonezilla, which seems to have worked for me
once. It seems that OEM Windows 7 installed in an MBR format will not
adapt to the GPT format and I am not paying for MS installation CDs. So
no GPT for me. Happy Holidays and any religious salutations suitable to
your self-identity.
Doug Morris
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