From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1L7YyN-0000oR-Mb for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:23:43 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7YyL-0000oM-Ra for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:23:41 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7YyK-0000oA-GE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:23:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51596 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7YyK-0000o7-BI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:23:40 -0500 Received: from mta-out.inet.fi ([195.156.147.13]:54222 helo=kirsi2.inet.fi) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L7YyJ-0005J6-Lo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:23:40 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (84.248.105.254) by kirsi2.inet.fi (8.5.014) id 48FC5B8901F952FE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:23:39 +0200 Message-ID: <49356F19.3060305@nic.fi> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:23:37 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <2f271b430811291748r4298417ct5d430551ad41dcd0@mail.gmail.com> <49326B0D.7060501@nic.fi> <2f271b430812010031y7763f67dh8fecfd1ecb7f1bf3@mail.gmail.com> <2f271b430812020719s56b61665xafdb7771b28b3fe3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2f271b430812020719s56b61665xafdb7771b28b3fe3@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: I'm a newb, looking for guidance 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: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:23:42 -0000 Jay Sullivan wrote: > Okay! I realized now that I would like to install the newest version of > grub2 to a USB drive. Can anyone recommend to me the best way to do this? > This seems like a good idea since if it fails to boot, I can easily fallback > to my harddrive's bootloader. > > I'd like to point out that I'm currently having trouble getting started with > grub2 development. The reason is that I currently have grub-legacy > installed to my system, and I can't figure out how to get grub2 working > properly and I have a feeling that they are conflicting. I have downloaded > GRUB-1.96, and configured and successfully ran makefile, but if I run > make-install will I overwrite grub-legacy? If not, how can I access the > grub2 shell? I've attempted to install it but /usr/local/bin/grub still > holds grub-legacy. Do I chainload core.img? Am I doing this whole thing > wrong? Thanks and I'm sorry if I'm asking stupid questions =) These might help you: http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnX86 http://grub.enbug.org/UseCases/Ubuntu On first url there is example how to boot grub 2 from grub legacy.