From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NbDop-0007bK-Kf for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:56:59 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NbDoo-0007ZL-I0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:56:58 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57789 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NbDoo-0007Ys-7D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:56:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NbDon-0007LC-AB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:56:57 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com ([209.85.219.228]:55224) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NbDon-0007L2-1r for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:56:57 -0500 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so385952ewy.8 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:56:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=UAFQJR9xTdt368NqoAgn5N95JNsi2kWzKW8E0ycsymQ=; b=dcx0eOpVFvNLqObJSaMCD/zA2UtmmhIur2Strl+eScPx05rCrU5l+NUKSrjIPArmyt 9T0NAIYW7cpmo1nsN3zWolMnidsVn0iv2HTuWPVEkH+jMRfcwU/gg1lxfU3Qm9AcejAn Zr0Xtzdz0M8BD2k6RAOtBPwlYmnYZ+Uog5qSk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=jD7XPtFw1bQJyxCndaIzrMpsVm79U+WOhzGB/MCX25LqCFPGh3WQtaQhPg3Cty8uk0 fAUcpmdGvUpEEGbFyZgqywt4ZA5uZ5PEPOKWMJB4k9UvmFfFxYDouXk3FOk9fmqoyfLU SmxmyT7bfjiLiWrK1qiprz6bXDifg0w+NziPE= Received: by 10.213.100.165 with SMTP id y37mr2056809ebn.71.1264859814664; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:56:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from x2.localnet (ALille-154-1-82-137.w86-207.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.207.39.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 16sm2153679ewy.2.2010.01.30.05.56.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:56:53 -0800 (PST) From: Vincent Pelletier To: The development of GNU GRUB Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:57:07 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.30-1-amd64; KDE/4.3.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <4B63C058.6070901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201001301457.08913.plr.vincent@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: GRUB FAQ X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:56:58 -0000 Le samedi 30 janvier 2010 14:11:57, Michal Suchanek a =C3=A9crit : > * Do I have to install grub on my hardrive? [...] > This brings the networking issues: A different understanding of the same wording leads to a yet another questi= on: Can I install grub on a disk image ? Actually, a friend of mine is trying to achieve it, and found no simple way= =2E.. The use case is being able to continue generating flash card images from=20 script. Something along the lines of debootstrap + tweaks to folders (incl.= =20 replacing config files etc) + wraping the result in a disk image and=20 installing a bootloader (grub 1 before, and now trying with grub 2). I didn't even try to search, so maybe he just didn't find the right bit of= =20 information - which I think means it should be made more visible, as in a F= AQ. =2D-=20 Vincent Pelletier