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* docs/grub.texi (Installation): Document buggy BIOS install.

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2010-10-17 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* docs/grub.texi (Installation): Document buggy BIOS install.
2010-10-17 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* docs/grub.texi (Installation): Indent.

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@ -617,6 +617,19 @@ installation. The format is defined in @ref{Device map}. Please be
quite careful. If the output is wrong, it is unlikely that your
computer will be able to boot with no problem.
Some BIOSes have a bug of exposing first partition of USB pendrive as a floppy
instead of exposing pendrive as a hard disk (they call it ``USB-FDD'' boot)
In such cases you need to install as following:
@example
# @kbd{losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb1}
# @kbd{mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/usb}
# @kbd{grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/usb/bugbios --force --allow-floppy /dev/loop0}
@end example
This install doesn't conflict with standard install as long as they are in
separate directories.
Note that @command{grub-install} is actually just a shell script and the
real task is done by @command{grub-mkimage} and @command{grub-setup}.
Therefore, you may run those commands directly to install GRUB, without