On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:48:30PM +0200, Holger Fischer wrote: > Package: grub2 > Version: 1.96+20080621-1 > Severity: important > > In my mbr I installed gag. It boots from my bootable partitions. > Therfore I install grub in the boot block of a partition I want to boot > from, I find this more "sorted". This worked fine for years. > > I tried it with some prior version of grub2 (I think 1.96-200805xx) on > my root (like above sda6) as follows: > > grub-install /dev/sda6 > > This does not work. After a lot of tries and some dangerous > grub-install /dev/sda6 > grub-install /dev/sda7 > dd if=/dev/sda7 of=/dev/sda6 bs=512 count=1 > actions I got it to work, but this does not always work.
Possibly caused by GRUB 2 core.img being bigger. Anyway, mixing bootloader code with your filesystem is dangerous and not recommended. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
