bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #742, single disk installation

 
 

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bug #742: single disk installation

Submitter:  Invalid User ID <#8374>
Submitted:  Mon 24 Jun 2002 01:26:00 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Installation Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Feature Request
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name: 
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  None
Release:  0.92 Reproducibility:  None
Planned Release:  None

Sat 15 Dec 2007 11:31:54 AM UTC, comment #4: 

Filesystem write support has been proposed a number of times and rejected.  Check the grub-devel archives for details.

Robert Millan <robertmh>
Group administrator
Wed 11 Sep 2002 04:14:27 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Squeezing all this into a single floppy is entirely possible, using either freedos or Linux as the OS booted from the floppy.. One of the installation methods we use involves booting from a GRUB from a floppy, have GRUB load freedos from the floppy, format the DOS drive, copy the needed GRUB files to the DOS drive, then reboot into GRUB to finish the GRUB installation.


Bloating grub with the code needed to format FAT partitions etc is not a good path I think.

I agree that having a small DOS tool to install GRUB would indeed be nice. Don't know enought of DOS programming to make one however..

Henrik Nordstrom <hno>
Tue 25 Jun 2002 07:25:11 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Hmm, I just realized that DOS (and Windows probably too) doesn't allow two primary DOS partitions. That means that one will run into trouble when installing Grub into a boot partition with a FAT filesystem on it, if it is a primary partition (DOS fdisk won't allow that). Extended partitions should be fine. Since Extended partitions are hosted by a primary one, this puts some limitations on the layout.

Invalid User ID <#8374>
Mon 24 Jun 2002 10:16:03 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I have a couple ideas that float in my head about GRUB, FreeDOS, and Windows:

- Give GRUB the ability to load FreeDOS Kernels
- Make a DOS installer for GRUB (Like the DOS SYS command).
- I also think about a GRUB installer from within Windows: You know, when you install Windows, the windows installer modify your BOOT setup to make it boot straight into Windows. This GRUB installer will enable you to easily reinstall your GRUB setup, without the hassle of dealing with boot floppies. :-)

Vacations are coming, i'll take a look at it... ;-)

Fred.

Invalid User ID <#5427>
Mon 24 Jun 2002 01:26:00 PM UTC, original submission:  

Since grub can boot mutiple OS's it would be most convenient to  install it in a FAT boot partition, since almost all OS's can access a FAT filesystem (making it easier to edit the menu.lst file)

This is already possible, but it would be even more convenient to do this with a single floppy disk. Grub can already change partitions, what is missing is:

the ability to format a partition as a FAT partition,
the ability to copy the grub files to that partition and
the ability to create and edit the menu.lst file.

A two disk solution would be fairly simple: using a FreeDOS disk and its fdisk, format, copy and TE (editor) tools, but it may be possible to squeeze this all onto a single disk (currently out of my capabilities).

- Josef



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