I'm using GRUB to multi-boot several OS (incl Win98), mainly to evaluate different Linux distros. However I don't always have a nix installed but need to edit my grub.conf quite frequently. Hopefully, one day they'll allow GRUB to edit its own config file, but until then we have to use a nix editor. This is my main use for tomsrtbt, but booting toms from the floppy every time is a bit of a pain. What I'd really like to do is to install toms into my GRUB ext2 partition, and have the option to boot toms from my GRUB menu.
I've seen the comments in the mailing archive: http://not.toms.net/cgi-bin/wilma_hiliter/tomsrtbt/199905/msg00006.html?line =41: "Can tomsrtbt be used to boot from hard drives as well? - It is easy to do but unsupported. Basically, blast everything over from a running tomsrtbt and tweak rc.M and fstab and make a lilo.conf and go!" - but I'd appreciate a bit more guidance from someone who has already done it. I'm a sort of 'intermediate level non-pro part-time admin!'. Specific queries that spring to mind include:- 1. "blast everything over from a running tomsrtbt" - should I just do 'find . -depth | cpio -p' ? 2. "tweak rc.M" - what is this, where do I find it, and what should I do to it? 3. fstab: what would I need to change here? 4. GRUB is booted from the MBR. What would I need to do to get tomsrtbt to boot from the hard disk partition? (the only other things in this part'n are the GRUB files in /boog/grub). Any help appreciated. Thanks, Mike.
