From a788afb626011e4fbf98d929a818735e9d2bdf1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2010-01-11 Colin Watson * util/grub-install.in (usage): Clarify meaning of --root-directory, and make it clearer that it's optional. Based on confusion witnessed on IRC. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ util/grub-install.in | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 321baa439..42343a8b6 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2010-01-11 Colin Watson + + * util/grub-install.in (usage): Clarify meaning of --root-directory, + and make it clearer that it's optional. Based on confusion + witnessed on IRC. + 2010-01-10 Vladimir Serbinenko * term/i386/pc/vga_text.c (inc_y): Fix off-by-one error which resulted diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in index 1fcfb1aca..f3fd88188 100644 --- a/util/grub-install.in +++ b/util/grub-install.in @@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ fi INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename. -grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by ---root-directory, and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot -sector. +grub-install copies GRUB images into /boot/grub (or /grub on NetBSD and +OpenBSD), and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot sector. + +If the --root-directory option is used, then grub-install will copy +images into the operating system installation rooted at that directory. Report bugs to . EOF