On Mon, 10 Sep 2012, Bjoern Franke wrote: > > > > > > I had intended to install grub into mbr on /dev/sda1. I used > > --target=i386-pc as provided in the grub-install step and did so with > > misgivings since the machine I use is an x86-64 machine. The only x86-64 > > target on the arch beginner's guide was for ufi not bios. A bug like this > > in grub were I to write software for my employer would have me fired that > > same day. A software package can't keep track of its files it creates and > > it uses is a package with no self-defense capabilities. Sorry about that, > > but some of us started programming when the only thing creating webs were > > real spiders and web page developer was a job title that had yet to be > > created. > > The MBR is the first 512 bytes of a device[1]. There is no MBR of a > single partition. > > [1]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MBR > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash I have /dev/sda1 root, /dev/sda2 swap and /dev/sda3 /home. So this is not a single partition setup but a three partition setup if you count swap.
