From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1PiIv3-0001mu-Hh for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:13 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44752 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiIuv-0001mW-QW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiIut-0006Ar-Ol for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:04 -0500 Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.198]:41486) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiIut-0006Ae-LO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:03 -0500 Received: from pavo.local (ool-45702956.dyn.optonline.net [69.112.41.86]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0LFN00DUSXGED0A0@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from gavron by pavo.local with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiIus-0001ql-CW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:53:02 -0500 From: Chris Jones In-reply-to: To: grub-devel@gnu.org Mail-followup-to: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-id: <20110127035302.GA5474@pavo.local> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-disposition: inline References: <20110125021041.GA4161@pavo.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) Subject: Re: Documentation bug? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:53:12 -0000 On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:46:57AM EST, KESHAV P.R. wrote: > You can take a look at grub-mkrescue shell script in utils dir to f= ind > out how to create a bootable grub2 cd. Yes, it was as simple as: | $ mkdir /tmp/iso | $ grub-mkrescue -o grub.iso /boot/grub | $ growisofs.... etc. I booted from the DVD but only got a =E2=80=98grub > =E2=80=99 and it= took me a good bit of googling to figure out that I needed issue the following command t= o make the grub menu appear: | grub > configfile /boot.cfg Of course, my setup is very basic, with a flat multi-boot menu, but a= ll the same, I feel that both the procedure to create the boot disk and = how to use it when recovering really need to be documented in the new manual: In the event of a mishap, I can just slip in my custom grub rescue disk instead of having to hunt for an install or live CD/DVD a= nd waste time fumbling for the correct grub command syntax to get the machine to boot.. Priceless! Thanks, cj