[CentOS] GRUB, and how do I loathe thee

[Gary Greene]

On 6/4/10 11:10 AM, "m.roth at 5-cent.us" <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> I just adore the install. Esp. of GRUB.
> 
> Does *anyone* who works on GRUB actually work in the real world, and not
> only on brand new machines?
> 
> I just had happen at work what happened last fall on my home system: then,
> I had /dev/hda, and was trying a clean install on a new SATA drive; right
> now, I'm installing on a replacement disk on a server that has no CD/DVD
> drive from a USB key. My options: on my home system, it was MRR on
> /dev/hda (which was being replaced, and was to become my backup drive),
> and here, in the MBR of the USB key; in both cases, *only* in the first
> sector of a partition on the new drive. I am NEVER OFFERED THE OPTION of
> the MBR of the drive I'm installing to.
> 
> *snarl*
> 
>    mark "no grub, then linux rescue, then chcon, then grub install...
>              I hope"

Not a GRUB bug, rather, Anaconda being overly "helpful".

-- 
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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Minerva Networks, Inc.
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