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perhaps earlier versions, "--root-directory" has been replaced by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?