From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Rd63a-00050b-Lr for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:13:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38229) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd63X-0004xr-Sy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:13:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd63W-0002C5-In for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:12:59 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:42523) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd63W-0002By-GG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:12:58 -0500 Received: by yenq10 with SMTP id q10so5096060yen.0 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:12:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bgwObAntuAx7N95l9jsmj4eu/2KrUy/RyFPOLw5kzBg=; b=OAmtA8vi94KwejB/3NOlAOZL/gQ5exHpW1IO+I9f9PcvM0FUIEm64JjpxQreqvQ4qL OK9oSterXatljsHWx/oc0FPhVLPV4JuY1pYyp3l427yxvXogWQ2gCO5EmTRkNo3KsIU9 Tb04Sjdsn64+Jeoj0kPyfpUI5utjwb88rSYqI= Received: by 10.236.152.102 with SMTP id c66mr6239767yhk.75.1324411977471; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:12:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.75] (cpe-67-11-147-202.satx.res.rr.com. [67.11.147.202]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u47sm5117101yhl.0.2011.12.20.12.12.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:12:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EF0EC46.3080802@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:12:54 -0600 From: Bruce Dubbs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: [Fwd: GRUB 1.99 Documentation Observation] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.213.169 Cc: Douglas Morris X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:13:00 -0000 Forwarding. -- Bruce -------- Original Message -------- Subject: GRUB 1.99 Documentation Observation Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:55:54 -0800 (PST) From: Douglas Morris Reply-To: Douglas Morris Thanks for your work on documenting grub which I plan to use with my installation of GNU/Linux. I have a comment on the GRUB documentation posted online for version 1.99. 3.4 BIOS Installation, MBR section says: "there are two ways to install GRUB: it can be embedded in the area between the MBR and the first partition (...), or the core image can be installed in a file system and a list of the blocks that make it up can be stored in the first sector of that partition." However, when I look at 3.1 Installing GRUB using grub-install, there is no explanation about where the 'core image' is installed or how its placement is controlled. My observation comes from trying to find out if I can boot GRUB if I 'install' it in a /boot logical partition on an MBR harddrive. I will just try it not knowing the particulars and see what happens. I can always start over using Clonezilla, which seems to have worked for me once. It seems that OEM Windows 7 installed in an MBR format will not adapt to the GPT format and I am not paying for MS installation CDs. So no GPT for me. Happy Holidays and any religious salutations suitable to your self-identity. Doug Morris