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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> 3. grub2-install calls grub2-bios-setup which installs boot.img into |
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> the MBR and embeds core.img into the sectors immediately after the |
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> MBR. |
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Ok, that isn't all that unlike grub1 - that is what stage1.5 is. It |
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just sounds like these aren't static files that are copied out of |
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/boot/grub, but rather they're built on-demand from other files there. |
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Grub1 figures out which static stage1.5 you need based on where /boot |
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is. They probably went to a more dynamic model so that they can |
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support stuff like LVM+MD+LUKS+etc without having every permutation of |
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static code. I'm not sure how smart the bootloader code ends up being |
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- it wouldn't surprise me if at time of install the installer does all |
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the work and just loads a simple bootloader on the diagnostic cylinder |
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with just enough smarts to find /boot if it hasn't changed. |
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Rich |
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