GRUB Install

[Billy Tallis]

On 5/7/05, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> azeem ahmad wrote:
> 
> >> > i have a new hard disk without any OS or Bootloader. i want to install
> >>GRUB
> >> > bootloader on this new harddisk. but i only want GRUB (bootloader) to
> >> > be installed on this harddisk. i dont want an operating system with
> >> > GRUB. how i can make it
> >>
> >>As the name bootloader implies it is meant to start some operating
> >>system at boot time. What is the reason for this question?
> 
> > i m doing it for just studying purpose. i got your point but the question
> > is how to store/install GRUB on this harddisk. is it like an rpm or i have
> > to get some software and to compile it.
> 
> grub consists of several parts - the actual boot-loader,
> and one or two files that this points to,
> which need not be on the same disk.
> 
> Assuming you are running Linux, you could say
> "grub-install /dev/hdb" (substituting the disk you are using for hdb).
> 
> Then you could look at what you have created with
>         dd if=/dev/hdb of=myboot bs=512 count=1
> 

GRUB fits on a floppy, if you remember them. You may not need to use a
hard disk for it at all.