Hi, On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:20 PM, balaji sivanath <[email protected]> wrote: > when using the following command > sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdX (used correct drive name) > i got error that "warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition > instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea..
Are you giving /dev/sdX as something like /dev/sda which will represent the whole hard disk and hence will install grub in the MBR or something like /dev/sda1 which means the grub will be installed to the partition specified. The former will make sure that grub is loaded when you boot. For the latter to work, you must chainload the grub installed to the partition from the one installed to MBR. Thanks & Regards, Guruprasad _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
