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[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3

+ Maurice Batey + maurice at bcs.org.uk +
+ Sun Jan 27 16:24:31 CET 2013 +

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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:31:37 +0000, Barry Jackson wrote:
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+> my "master" grub2 grub.cfg which is in a small grub
+> partition at the start of sda. 
+
+  How does one acquire a 'small grub partition'?
+(Just get GRUB2 package to install into an empty partition?)
+
+> My MBR points to this partition, so all
+> OS's are either chainloaded or multibooted from the manually created
+> entries in this grub.cfg
+
+  Which do you have in the MBR: GRUB2 or Legacy?
+
+> My limited understanding is that it is similar to chainloading but does
+> not need embedded code in the PBR. 
+
+  Ah,now that's interesting! 
+(I assume you mean 'does not need GRUB2 installed in the PBR')
+
+> A useful side effect is that grub legacy may be installed to the PBR and
+> used if required,
+
+   I assume you mean the PBR of the 'small grub partition'.
+
+Mamy thanks, Barry, especially w.r.t to the 'bootloader' partition!
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