GRUB in the MBR

Otto Haliburton ottohaliburton at comcast.net
Fri Nov 12 13:42:44 UTC 2004



> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Igal Baldran
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:34 AM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: GRUB in the MBR
> 
> Hello,
> I am trying to install GRUB in to the MBR.
> I did it by in
> Do any one know if I can include Stage2 and other config files in the MBR
> it self?
> Please advice.
> 
> Regards
> Igal
> 
> 
No you cannot install stage2 into the MBR it is too big.  Only stage1 and
stag1.5 can be written to the MBR.  Stage1.5 is written to the area
immediately after the MBR if it is available stage1.5 is not always present.
These modules sole purpose is to load stage2 so they are very small.






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