Re: Generating a new grub.conf ??

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On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:52 AM, William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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

1. We're using grub 0.97
2, The GRUB developers say "no more work on old code.  Use version 2."

When will version 2 ever get used by Fedora?

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