[ale] GRUB issue on boot

[Michael B. Trausch]

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Jeff Hubbs wrote On 04/13/2006 10:26 AM:
> What is meant by "installing grub" may be confusing you.  Installing 
> grub-the-package isn't the same as installing the grub utility on a disk 
> drive.
> 
> Once grub.conf is set up, you install grub in the MBR as follows (given 
> that /dev/hda1 is supposed to be /boot):
> 
> # grub
> grub> root (hd0,0)          (Specify where your /boot partition resides)
> grub> setup (hd0)           (Install GRUB in the MBR)
> grub> quit                  (Exit the GRUB shell)
> 
> 
> Note:  This is taken right out of the Gentoo installation handbook.  
> I've been installing and using grub for single and dual boots for years 
> now under Gentoo and it Just Works.
> 
> Jef
> 

You can also use the grub-install script:

Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device
INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

If you're working with /dev/hda, for example:

# grub-install --recheck /dev/hda

Should manage to to the trick for you as far as installing GRUB into the
boot block of the drive.

	- Mike
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