Re: Installing GRUB via disk editor

[Robert Siemer]

From: dman <address@hidden>

> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:54:52PM +0200, Robert Siemer wrote:
> | Hi!
> | 
> | I need to install GRUB with windows via disk editor. I want to go with
> | stage1.5 and have a "helper" computer around.
> | 
> | To do so, I've some question:
> | 
> | -How can I tell stage1.5 the path of stage2?
> | -What is the usual place for stage1.5 on the disk?
> | -How do I give stage1 the sector-list of stage1.5??
>  
> I don't know about the above questions.

I'm not sure, but maybe I can answer some of my own:
-The usual place for stage1.5 is directly after the mbr (track 0 but
 without sector 0 (which is the mbr))
-The sector-list in stage1 and the path/partition in stage1.5 can only
 be changed by the "install" command or the commands which in turn
 call "install" (e.g. "setup").
 An other way to do so requires knowledge of the grub source, I think.

> | And all in all: how can I prepare stage1 and stage1.5 as described
> | above in image files (not on the mbr of the helper computer...)
>  
> The easiest way I know of is to copy the stage2 and menu.lst to the
> destination computer.  Then start booting with a grub floppy and use
> the 'setup' command to install the stage1 and stage1_5 on the
> destination system.

I cant boot with a grub floppy, as the computer does _not_ have a
floppy drive (notebook).

What I'll try now is to install grub with my "helper" computer on a
spare hard disk. From there I copy stage1 and stage1.5 directly from
the disk sectors to "image" files (via "dd"). These files will go to
the notebook disk.


Bye,
        Robert