On Saturday 02,October,2010 09:36 PM, lee wrote:
but grub-install doesn't create a grub.cfg and leaves me screwed.
So you can ask what's grub-install for? It doesn't install grub.
"grub-install /dev/sda" creates a grub.cfg "grub-install --root-directory=xxxxx../dev/sda" does not. Both installs grub. "grub-mkconfig" prints out output, does nothing else. "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" creates grub.cfg But use "update-grub" instead of "grub-mkconfig" _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
