[Grml] Cannot add grub to new partition for grml.

Michael Prokop mika at grml.org
Thu Nov 19 22:35:00 CET 2009


* single.1 at netzero.com <single.1 at netzero.com> [20091119 22:32]:

> I tried to install grml2hd and all worked fine until I tried to
> add grub to the /dev/sda16 partition and the grub install failed.
> Error was that I had to force the grub because it was a BAD idea
> to load grub that was not at the mbr???? .  There is a
> grub-install with the grml64 live edition but it failed, too.

Installation of grub within a partition sadly doesn't work, so
grml2hd warns:

| Notice: installation of grub2 in a partition is NOT possible!
| So choose mbr when you plan to install grub.

regards,
-mika-
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