Hi Bradely; On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 12:03 -0500, Bradley Pursley wrote: > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 06:51:45 -0400, > > William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Is it not possible to make a Red Hat utility that just repeats the grub > >> part of the Anaconda installation process. Perhaps it could have a gui > >> frontend in order to make some simple adjustments, but nonetheless a > >> user/administrator could re-install just the grub part of their system > >> without having to run the entire Fedora installation. > >> > > > > You can run grub to reinstall the part that is in the MBR. > > You use the 'root' command to tell it what partition has the config file > > and 'setup' to write to the MBR of a particular hard drive. (If you are > > using software raid 1, you want to do this manually as the install only > > writes the MBR of one drive.) > > Otherwise the grub.conf file is plain text and you can use your favorite > > text editor to edit it. > If I understood the question properly, I believe it was how do you > install / configure grub (for dual booting was the specific question) > with no previous grub.conf file and no knowledge or experience with > grub. The question was not how to re-install grub. I am also awaiting > the answer to this question because I also had this problem and had to > totally re-install Fedora just because the grub.conf file got hosed and, > as of yet, no one has answered this question. > > Bradley > Actually the question is "how do you install / configure grub (for dual booting was the specific question) with or *without* previous grub.conf file and knowledge or experience with grub". As I have pointed out, I do have some grub experience and I did get thinks working just fine. I was able to install grub from the grub shell and install with 'run' and 'setup' from my rescue disk, and then mount '/boot' and write a grub.conf file with emacs. My question was based on the steep learning curve of the first couple of times I manually installed grub. Why isn't there a simple Red Hat or Fedora utility that duplicates the Anaconda installer actions? It would save on the learning curve for new users and get users back in action faster when they run into grub problems and wipeouts. Since the basic code already exists, it would seem a simple utility to create. I could be used from either the 'root user' login or the rescue disk. I ask here because I have been wrong before about how simple it actually is to create something. -- Regards Bill -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
