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<?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?>
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<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-grub">
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-<primary sortas="a-Grub">Grub</primary>
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+<primary sortas="a-Grub">GRUB</primary>
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<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>Your shiny new LFS system is almost complete. One of the last
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@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ bootable. Make sure that an emergency boot disk is ready to
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<quote>rescue</quote> the computer if the computer becomes
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unusable (un-bootable).</para>
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-<para>Earlier, we compiled and installed the Grub boot loader software
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+<para>Earlier, we compiled and installed the GRUB boot loader software
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in preparation for this step. The procedure involves writing some
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-special Grub files to specific locations on the hard drive. We highly
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-recommend creating a Grub boot floppy diskette as a backup. Insert a
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+special GRUB files to specific locations on the hard drive. We highly
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+recommend creating a GRUB boot floppy diskette as a backup. Insert a
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blank floppy diskette and run the following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>dd if=/boot/grub/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
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@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ dd if=/boot/grub/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>grub</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Grub uses its own naming structure for drives and partitions in
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+<para>GRUB uses its own naming structure for drives and partitions in
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the form of <emphasis>(hdn,m)</emphasis>, where <emphasis>n</emphasis>
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is the hard drive number and <emphasis>m</emphasis> is the partition
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number, both starting from zero. For example, partition <filename
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class="partition">hda1</filename> is <emphasis>(hd0,0)</emphasis> to
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-Grub and <filename class="partition">hdb3</filename> is
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-<emphasis>(hd1,2)</emphasis>. In contrast to Linux, Grub does not
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+GRUB and <filename class="partition">hdb3</filename> is
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+<emphasis>(hd1,2)</emphasis>. In contrast to Linux, GRUB does not
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consider CD-ROM drives to be hard drives. For example, if using a CD
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on <filename class="partition">hdb</filename> and a second hard drive
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on <filename class="partition">hdc</filename>, that second hard drive
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@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ one is used). For the following example, it is assumed that the root
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(or separate boot) partition is <filename
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class="partition">hda4</filename>.</para>
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-<para>Tell Grub where to search for its
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+<para>Tell GRUB where to search for its
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<filename>stage{1,2}</filename> files. The Tab key can be used
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-everywhere to make Grub show the alternatives:</para>
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+everywhere to make GRUB show the alternatives:</para>
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<screen><userinput>root (hd0,3)</userinput></screen>
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@@ -67,22 +67,22 @@ everywhere to make Grub show the alternatives:</para>
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loader. Do not run the command if this is not desired, for example, if
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using a third party boot manager to manage the Master Boot Record
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(MBR). In this scenario, it would make more sense to install
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-Grub into the <quote>boot sector</quote> of the LFS partition. In this
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+GRUB into the <quote>boot sector</quote> of the LFS partition. In this
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case, this next command would become <userinput>setup
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(hd0,3)</userinput>.</para></warning>
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-<para>Tell Grub to install itself into the MBR of
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+<para>Tell GRUB to install itself into the MBR of
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<filename class="partition">hda</filename>:</para>
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<screen><userinput>setup (hd0)</userinput></screen>
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-<para>If all went well, Grub will have reported finding its files in
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+<para>If all went well, GRUB will have reported finding its files in
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<filename class="directory">/boot/grub</filename>. That's all there is
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to it. Quit the <command>grub</command> shell:</para>
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<screen><userinput>quit</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Create a <quote>menu list</quote> file defining Grub's boot menu:</para>
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+<para>Create a <quote>menu list</quote> file defining GRUB's boot menu:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat > /boot/grub/menu.lst << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /boot/grub/menu.lst
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@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ chainloader +1</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>If <command>info grub</command> does not provide all necessary material, additional
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-information regarding Grub is located on its website at:
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+information regarding GRUB is located on its website at:
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<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/"/>.</para>
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-<para>The FHS stipulates that Grub's <filename>menu.lst</filename> file should be symlinked to
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+<para>The FHS stipulates that GRUB's <filename>menu.lst</filename> file should be symlinked to
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<filename class="symlink">/etc/grub/menu.lst</filename>. To satisfy this requirement, issue the
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following command:</para>
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