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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:45:42
Message-Id: 200701081531.42424.uwix@iway.na
1 Hi folks,
2
3 I have just been bitten by this and bring it up here so others don't need to
4 fall into the same pit.
5
6 If you want (or are forced) to have /boot and your MBR on different harddrives
7 (*not* partitions) invoke grub and do the manual install as described in the
8 handbook rather than use grub-install which simply assumes they are on the
9 same drive.
10
11 Uwe
12
13 --
14 A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE:
15 http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2
16 Proof of concept of a TSP solver for KDE:
17 http://www.SysEx.com.na/epat-0.1.tar.bz2
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Re: [gentoo-user] grub-install vs. manual install Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>