Re: GRUB Install

From: Timothy Murphy (tim_at_birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie)
Date: 05/07/05

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    azeem ahmad wrote:

    >> > i have a new hard disk without any OS or Bootloader. i want to install
    >>GRUB
    >> > bootloader on this new harddisk. but i only want GRUB (bootloader) to
    >> > be installed on this harddisk. i dont want an operating system with
    >> > GRUB. how i can make it
    >>
    >>As the name bootloader implies it is meant to start some operating
    >>system at boot time. What is the reason for this question?

    > i m doing it for just studying purpose. i got your point but the question
    > is how to store/install GRUB on this harddisk. is it like an rpm or i have
    > to get some software and to compile it.

    grub consists of several parts - the actual boot-loader,
    and one or two files that this points to,
    which need not be on the same disk.

    Assuming you are running Linux, you could say
    "grub-install /dev/hdb" (substituting the disk you are using for hdb).

    Then you could look at what you have created with
            dd if=/dev/hdb of=myboot bs=512 count=1 

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