Re: Wheezy USB Harddrive install grub2 issues
On Sun 13 May 2012 at 13:45:14 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Indulekha <indulekha@theunworthy.com> wrote:
> >
> > Probably want to skip that "--root-directory" option, unless you're
> > trying to avoid the mbr for some valid reason...
> > Might want to stick with genuine Debian documentation, too, unless
> > you're actually running Ubuntu...
>
> In the case of grub, there's absolutely no difference between Ubuntu
> and Debian, at least when comparing 10.04 and Squeeze. For 12.04, and
> perhaps earlier versions, "--root-directory" has been replaced by
> "--boot-directory" (by upstream not by Ubunical)...
Both options are accepted but only --boot-directory (which is thought to
be less confusing) is documented in the manual.
> The "--root-directory=/" is superfluous and innocuous because it's the
> default. It has nothing to do with the MBR but with the location of
> "/boot/grub".
Wouldn't '--root-directory=/' put GRUB's files in /grub?
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