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Russell L. Harris  
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 More options Nov 10 2012, 10:30 am
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From: "Russell L. Harris" <rlhar...@broadcaster.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:30:02 +0100
Local: Sat, Nov 10 2012 10:30 am
Subject: Re: multi-boot+grub2+separate boot partition
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* Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> [121110 13:18]:

> On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 06:34:27 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
...
> > I instructed the Squeeze installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda1.
> > I instructed the Wheezy  installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda7.
> > I instructed the Ubuntu  installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda8.
...
> I'd have installed GRUB to /dev/sda each time.

> Then, if Squeeze was not the last installation done and I wanted it to
> head the GRUB menu, I'd have booted into it and run

>    grub-install /dev/sda

Thanks, Brian.  

If my understanding of grub is correct, the execution of
"grub-install /dev/sda":

    (1) writes the various grub files to the "/boot/grub" directory of
    the partition corresponding to the operating system which executes
    "grub-install", then

    (2) writes a short instruction phrase to the master boot record
    (MBR) of /dev/sda, which phrase terminates in a link to the grub
    code in the "/boot/grub" directory of the partition corresponding
    to the operating system which last invoked "install-grub".

RLH

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