From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K4ksX-0008G9-Ic for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:49 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K4ksW-0008G0-BZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:48 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K4ksV-0008Fi-Sp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:48 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58691 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4ksV-0008Fe-PE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:47 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:14711) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K4ksV-0002Vh-9N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:47 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 06 Jun 2008 18:57:41 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88FC4619058; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:57:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080606021101.swp2mg5r8kksk0kw-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> References: <20080605224516.5f0eae02@gibibit.com> <20080606021101.swp2mg5r8kksk0kw-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:39 -0400 Message-Id: <1212793059.1893.22.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 (2.22.2-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: Colin D Bennett Subject: Re: Installing GRUB 2 on a CompactFlash card X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:57:48 -0000 On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 02:11 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Quoting Colin D Bennett : > > > If I create one partition on the CF card, for GRUB, I assume I should > > set up my grub.cfg to refer to it as (hd0,1) since this will only be > > used on the TARGET SYSTEM, right? > > I suggest that you use the current GRUB from CVS and use UUID to refer > to any drives. update-grub will generate the new style grub.cfg, but > be sure to back up your current grub.cfg in case it gets overwritten. > > > Then on my development workstation I will do: > > grub-install /dev/sdc > > > > But will this affect my development workstation's "/boot" ? > > I don't think current GRUB will allow you to do that, but if > cross-device installs were supported, it would indeed overwrite > /boot/grub P.S. Current GRUB is broken. Please use the version as of June 5. If ext3 is involved, use the version from May 19. That won't have UUID, but it would be safer. Things may be fixed soon, even hours from now, but I cannot give any promises. Sorry for inconvenience. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin