[gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install

2007-01-08 Thread Uwe Thiem
Hi folks, I have just been bitten by this and bring it up here so others don't need to fall into the same pit. If you want (or are forced) to have /boot and your MBR on different harddrives (*not* partitions) invoke grub and do the manual install as described in the handbook rather than use

Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install

2007-01-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:31:42 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: If you want (or are forced) to have /boot and your MBR on different harddrives (*not* partitions) invoke grub and do the manual install as described in the handbook rather than use grub-install which simply assumes they are on the same

Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install

2007-01-08 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 08 January 2007 15:54, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:31:42 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: If you want (or are forced) to have /boot and your MBR on different harddrives (*not* partitions) invoke grub and do the manual install as described in the handbook rather than use

Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install

2007-01-08 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:54:59 + Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want (or are forced) to have /boot and your MBR on different harddrives (*not* partitions) invoke grub and do the manual install as described in the handbook rather than use grub-install which simply

Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install

2007-01-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:31:17 +0100, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: there's only two commands to remember and type, sometime I even manage it without reading the docs :) Bahhh, grub has help! :-) That counts as TFM :) -- Neil Bothwick File Not Found - Loading something that looks similar