On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:47:15 -0400, TH (Tom) wrote: > >> > # grub2-install --grub-setup=/bin/true '(hd0,3)' >> > Installation finished. No error reported. >> >> AFAIK, this won't be bootable, unless grub-install has run >> successfully before, because that all that the above commands are >> doing is populating "/boot/grub2/". > > it's from a comment in bz 728742 > > With warnings telling me something "is not possible", I stopped reading > them again and missed the "Installation finished. No error reported." > at the end. It simply got lost in the noise. No line prefix for the > final status message. > When using --force it is too late to warn about something that is > "UNRELIABLE" and "discouraged". As I said in my earlier email, unless grub-install has run successfully (which it has in your case because you used "--force"), using "...--grub-setup=/bin/true..." will not install grub. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test