On 2011/04/22 11:38 (GMT-0400) Anton Aylward composed:
Felix Miata said:
AFAIK, rsync copies files between systems, which is not where the part of Grub that begins the boot process lives.
Despite what I've managed to get working, I don't understand that comment.
The part of Grub that matters most gets installed to boot sectors, not onto filesystems. Copying files from one partition to another is not _installing_ Grub. Grub only works when _installed_. ...
All the above is in all the man page and howtos around.
I found that and did that :-) But ... BuQQer! It still did not work!
Close but not there.
Precisely what does "did not work" mean? Without more, there's little help anyone can give other than to repeat what was already written. Tell us what did happen, exactly!
You still need to mount sda1 and replace occurrences of (hd0,2) with (hd0,0) in menu.lst. Then you should be unhosed, good to go.
Actually it was (hd0,3) that needed replacing :-)
I think I need a brain replacement myself.
Before update time, /etc/grub.conf will need to be changed too to reflect the new home for Grub on sda1 (or sda) instead of sda4. Do not neglect to do this, unless you like being hosed by an update!!!
This I'm antsi about.
Updating your system with YOU or YaST or zypper occasionally includes a reinstallation of Grub. That process is configured via /etc/grub.conf. Yours will probably have a line like: setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,3) (hd0,3) that will need to be changed to: setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,0) (hd0,0) prior to any update reinstalling Grub, unless you want to risk having updates messing with whatever might happen to be on (hd0,3) if it exists at that time, and for the Grub update to not be applied where it needs to be on (hd0,0). -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org