Grub Manual ... Solved

[Karl Larsen]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 20/10/2007, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>   
>>     I have put the new part of my overall grub writing on this list and
>> got complete quiet from the group.
>>     
>
> Blame the endless number of new threads. You've just started a new
> thread about GRUB instead of continueing in the old thread.
>
>   
>> I ask you to read it again. The
>> definition of a root directory has been tested and it is right.
>>     
>
> It's still very unfortunate to refer to a "root directory" when
> dealing with GRUB. All that matters is  what the GRUB root device is,
> how it is defined via device.map and the BIOS disk numbering scheme,
> and where it is mounted (!) when you access the files on it. As long
> as it's mounted on the /boot mount-point, referring to a "root
> directory" is misleading. You can even make the GRUB root device a
> separate partition, but still store the kernel+initrd in a
> sub-directory. That is because GRUB doesn't care where a file is
> stored as long as it is told what the absolute path to the file is and
> what device to enable.
>
>   
    Exactly. The 2 roots in a fedora grub.conf define partitions. That 
which proceeds the kernel is the subdirectories it needs to look in in 
the partition defined in the root.

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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