Re: Installing grub on floppy

[Nigel Wade <nmw ion le ac uk>]

Johan Scheepers wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to install GRUB on a floppy.
> The command on a multiboot howto give this--
> grub-install '(fd0)'   GRUB not very happy with this
>
> On the GRUB man this is the command
>    grub --install-partition=PAR
> I can not find the correct sequence of the option?
> Somewhere the floppy should be in the option????
> How do -partition be considered?
> =PAR ????
> I do this from /boot/grub
> Please kindly if possible the correct way to do the option for floppy
>
> I do it from the HD what I was supposed to do from floppy - it works - every
> time have to remove drive 1 to do on drive 2 -put back drive 1 etc- quite a
> nuisance -but I would like the floppy way for testing.
> Thanks
> Johan
> _______________________________________________

Try the command

# info grub

navigate to the sections "Installation" then "Creating a GRUB boot floppy".

Maybe this will give you the info you want.


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