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Installing the grub2 package, whether during install or later +</I>>><i> automatically builds /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img and also creates a +</I>>><i> grub.cfg ready for use. +</I>>><i> Chanloading is un-necessary since an entry in menu.lst on a legacy +</I>>><i> system will boot a grub2 Mageia system using: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> title Mageia via GRUB 2 +</I>>><i> root (hdx,y) +</I>>><i> kernel /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> ...as explained in the above README.Mageia +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> I use a small grub2 partition sda1 as "master". +</I>>><i> To boot into Mageia grub2 systems I use the grub2 multiboot command: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> menuentry 'Mageia-3 multi sda6' { +</I>>><i> search --no-floppy --label --set=root mageia-3 +</I>>><i> multiboot /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img +</I>>><i> } +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> So IMO all of the FUD about "you can't install grub2 to the PBR" is +</I>>><i> pointless since it's just not necessary. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Maybe not all is FUD. I don't see anything in that README that describes +</I>><i> a procedure for an OS/2 or eCS multibooter whose primary bootloader +</I>><i> and/or bootloader of choice is IBM Boot Manager, which is prerequisite +</I>><i> to booting OS/2 when it is installed to a logical partition (the only +</I>><i> place I've ever installed it in the past decade). It can't be told to +</I>><i> load a particular file on a partition, only its PBR via the simple +</I>><i> process of selecting a partition in its setup utility for inclusion in +</I>><i> its boot menu. It works (in effect, chainloads) fine for partitions on +</I>><i> which Grub Legacy has been configured with the Grub Legacy setup +</I>><i> command. The only options I see for such users is selecting a partition +</I>><i> with Grub Legacy configured with menu.lst stanza(s) that include +</I>><i> core.img, or configuring IBM BM as a secondary bootloader to a primary +</I>><i> bootloader that is not installed on the MBR. +</I> +Maybe. +I have no OS/2 systems to test with. +I think grub2 can be forced to write to the PBR (but I can't find it +documented just now). +Maybe you could investigate and test this and suggest an edit to the +README ? + + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="022148.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022164.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#22158">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#22158">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#22158">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#22158">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |