[gentoo-user] Re: Will installing grub-2.02 break my grub-0.97 setup?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2016-05-06, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
[...]
>>> Yes, I know not to run grub2-install (and I trust that winusb will not
>>> do so either).  Just to be sure, I'll not run winusb as root...
>>
>> It is entirely possible that winusb might call grub2-install with your
>> USB disk as a target. That would also be fairly safe.
>
> And in fact, it does exactly that:
>
> # Grub
> echo "Installing grub..."
> grub2-install --root-directory="$partitionMountPath" "$device"

Thanks.  That's good to know -- I'll definitely set things up so I'm
not running winusb as root.

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