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2000-08-10 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
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* docs/tutorial.texi (Installation): Divided into three sections
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instead of two sections. Don't describe the usage of the the
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grub shell any longer. Instead, how to use grub-install is
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documented.
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2000-08-09 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
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2000-08-09 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
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* stage2/builtins.c [GRUB_UTIL]: Include stdio.h.
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* stage2/builtins.c [GRUB_UTIL]: Include stdio.h.
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as a package for your OS.
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as a package for your OS.
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To use GRUB, you need to install it on your drive. There are two ways of
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To use GRUB, you need to install it on your drive. There are two ways of
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doing that - either using the grub shell (@pxref{Invoking the grub
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doing that - either using the utility @command{grub-install}
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shell}) on a UNIX-like OS, or by using the native Stage 2. These are
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(@pxref{Invoking grub-install}) on a UNIX-like OS, or by using the
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quite similar, however, the shell might probe a wrong BIOS drive, so
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native Stage 2. These are quite similar, however, the utility might
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better be careful.
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probe a wrong BIOS drive, so better be careful.
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Also, if you install GRUB on a UNIX-like OS, please make sure that you
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Also, if you install GRUB on a UNIX-like OS, please make sure that you
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have an emergency boot disk ready, so that you can rescue your computer
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have an emergency boot disk ready, so that you can rescue your computer
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@file{/boot/grub}.
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@file{/boot/grub}.
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@menu
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@menu
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* Installing GRUB on a floppy::
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* Creating a GRUB boot floppy::
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* Installing GRUB on a hard disk::
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* Installing GRUB natively::
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* Installing GRUB using grub-install::
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@end menu
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@end menu
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@node Installing GRUB on a floppy
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@node Creating a GRUB boot floppy
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@section Installing GRUB on a floppy
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@section Creating a GRUB boot floppy
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To create a GRUB boot floppy, you need to take the files @file{stage1}
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To create a GRUB boot floppy, you need to take the files @file{stage1}
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and @file{stage2} from @file{/boot/grub} directory, and write them to
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and @file{stage2} from @file{/boot/grub} directory, and write them to
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The device filename may be different. Consult the manual for your OS.
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The device filename may be different. Consult the manual for your OS.
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@node Installing GRUB on a hard disk
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@node Installing GRUB natively
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@section Installing GRUB on a hard disk
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@section Installing GRUB natively
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@quotation
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@quotation
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@strong{Caution:} Installing GRUB's stage1 in this manner will erase the
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@strong{Caution:} Installing GRUB's stage1 in this manner will erase the
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to reinitialize it (e.g. by running @samp{FDISK /MBR} from DOS).
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to reinitialize it (e.g. by running @samp{FDISK /MBR} from DOS).
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If you decide to install GRUB in the native environment, which is
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If you decide to install GRUB in the native environment, which is
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definitely desirable, you'll either need to create the GRUB boot disk,
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definitely desirable, you'll need to create the GRUB boot disk, and
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and reboot your computer with it, or run the grub shell (@pxref{Invoking
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reboot your computer with it. Otherwise, see @ref{Installing GRUB using
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the grub shell}) as the super-user (@samp{root}).
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grub-install}, for more details.
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Once started, GRUB will show the command-line interface (@pxref{Command
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Once started, GRUB will show the command-line interface (@pxref{Command
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line}). First, set the GRUB's @dfn{root device}@footnote{Note that
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line}). First, set the GRUB's @dfn{root device}@footnote{Note that
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one, you must chain-load GRUB from another boot loader. Refer to the
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one, you must chain-load GRUB from another boot loader. Refer to the
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manual for the boot loader to know how to chain-load GRUB.
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manual for the boot loader to know how to chain-load GRUB.
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@c FIXME: you should specify --force-lba when...
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Now you can boot GRUB without a GRUB floppy. See the chapter
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@ref{Booting} to find out how to boot your operating systems from GRUB.
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That's all: now you can boot GRUB without a GRUB floppy. See the next
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chapter to find out how to boot your operating systems from GRUB.
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@node Installing GRUB using grub-install
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@section Installing GRUB using grub-install
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as @sc{gnu}), invoke the program @command{grub-install} as the superuser
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(@dfn{root}).
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The usage is basically very easy. You only need to specify one argument
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to the program, namely, where to install GRUB. The argument can be
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either of a device file or a GRUB's drive/partition. So, this will
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install GRUB into the MBR of the first IDE disk under Linux:
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@example
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# grub-install /dev/hda
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@end example
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@example
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# grub-install /dev/hd0
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@end example
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the root directory. If you want GRUB to use images under a directory
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other than the root directory, you need to specify the option
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@option{--root-directory}. The typical usage is that you create a GRUB
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boot floppy with a filesystem. Here is an example:
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@example
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@group
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# mke2fs /dev/fd0
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# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt
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# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt '(fd0)'
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# umount /mnt
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@end example
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which is mounted at @file{/boot}. Since GRUB is a boot loader, it
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doesn't know anything about mountpoints at all. Thus, you need to run
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@command{grub-install} like this:
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# grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
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drives correctly under a UNIX-like OS. Thus, @command{grub-install} will
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prompt you to check if it could really guess the correct mappings, after
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the installation. The format is defined in @ref{Device map}. Please be
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careful enough. If the output is wrong, it is unlikely that your
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computer can boot with no problem.
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real task is done by the grub shell @command{grub} (@pxref{Invoking the
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grub shell}). Therefore, you may run @command{grub} directly to install
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@node Booting
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@node Booting
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