Am 10.09.2012 10:12, schrieb Jude DaShiell: > 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. There is no x86_64 BIOS target. There never was. Unless you have EFI, your bootloader code will be i386 code (or worse, some 8086-compat code, but I am not an expert on this). > 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. I have no idea what you are trying to say, but it definitely doesn't belong here. > 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. What are you trying to achieve with this post? It does not help solve your problem, it doesn't add anything technical to the discussion - actually, I don't know what you are trying to say here, and I don't care. If you want _any_ help here, please keep it objective and technical. Let me also express part of my personal opinion, which others might disagree with: If you wanted high quality software, why did you install GRUB? If you want a decent bootloader, use syslinux.
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