linux fan wrote: > On 11/11/09, Bruce Dubbs<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> # grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda11 >>> >> This should be /dev/sda, but I see you tried that too. >> > > Now I really _want_ to install grub on individual partitions so that I > can chainloader to different installations like grub-legacy has let me > do for years. > > grub-install /dev/sdb8 > grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of > the MBR. This is a BAD idea. > grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged. > grub-setup: error: If you really want blocklists, use --force. > > USE THE FORCE, LUKE ... > > grub-setup --force /dev/sdb8 > grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of > the MBR. This is a BAD idea. > grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged. > > It didn't ... > It it didn't put grub on /dev/sdb8 ... the grub-legacy is still there > "GNU Grub 0.97" > > Plus, grub-legacy used to let you "setup grub" from the grub command > line is you had booted from a floppy, or a cd, or some other way. > > I think that is a major function loss. > I usually do grub-setup on the main partition /dev/sda then on the os partition /dev/sda* (still uncertain which it should be though).
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