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Author: Brian Cockley
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Subject: Re: [dyne:bolic] installing without CD

> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 07:59:09PM +0000, andrea bertolasi wrote:
>
>> than create on your hard disk a partition called /boot/grub
>> and copy there everything from /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/
>> add there grub.conf from the cd root (if I remember right you need to
>> rename it into menu.lst)
>>
>> than start grub from the shell / xterm and
>> 1) go into the grub shell and search for the stage1 file
>>     grub> find /boot/grub/stage1

>>
>> 3) use the partition found as root
>>     grub> root(hd0,0)

>>
>> 4) install on the MBR of the device the file stage1
>>     grub> setup(hd0)

>>
>> and I thing you're done!
>>
> jaromil wrote:


all the instructions above are simplified in one single command now:

grubconfig

it's a simple script i rewrote to make it easy to install grub.

ciao


Re: Installing without cd.


Sorry to be so long getting back to you with your helpful instructions.
My PC died last week. Anyway, I have the old laptop working, with Dyne
as the OS. Many thanks.


My mainboard decided to lose it's IDE channels last week. No IDE, no
disk access. If I had been using Windoze I would have been in deep
doo-doo. With Linux, just move your hard drive to another computer, or
buy a new, better, mainboard. just a few key strokes, and away you go.
FANTASTIC!