On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 10:55:44AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Joachim" == Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joachim> Could it be simpler than launching a `grub-install > Joachim> /dev/sda' (or whichever partition you wants to install it > Joachim> to)? You should have copied all the files in > Joachim> /usr/share/grub/i386/ to a directory /boot/grub/ (don't > Joachim> know why the postinst script can't do that as well) and > Joachim> have got a working /boot/grub/menu.lst (the counterpart > Joachim> of lilo.conf) previously, of course. > > My version has no grub-install - is this something new in unstable? > > Instead my version has a shell that can be started from the Unix > prompt. The info page comes with a warning, that it uses "raw > devices", and installing it while the file-systems are in use may > corrupt the file-systems. It gives a list of steps to minimise the > "danger", such as un-mounting drives first or mounting it read-only. > > Instead the recommended way is to copy grub on to a floppy disk, boot > from it, and install it from the disk. Which is rather difficult in my > experience, as floppy disks only seem to work for one boot before > dying :-(. > > Seems to be a bit paranoid to me. I am hopeful that the situation has > now improved...
Well, I think like any software that manipulates fundamnental locations on your disk drives, like boot sectors, it is not suprising that it warns you that you have no-one to complain to if it doesn't work .. lol. It is erring on the side of over-worrying you ... Cliff
