From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1PhyE0-0008Hu-Dt for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:47:24 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49173 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PhyDx-0008HX-EK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:47:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PhyDw-0005wL-DX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:47:21 -0500 Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:42273) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PhyDw-0005v5-9l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:47:20 -0500 Received: by iyj17 with SMTP id 17so63788iyj.0 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:47:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aAkpiowRRY0VceeXSC6naHiQKnzbP1Nztr3qEH2vosc=; b=C0/atk+OoxrVZbTlljksjlC+VENW+/x0kYgBG03GbqwKVRZMQnmAKT5qpTtsuOClOZ 5jXPq5M+2e9CQ5M8TgysR0Rv1l5beLKe7uMkPLsD44rBHHgMxUXvzGDJEiqPYBbniHgO sFRO8ulWovUgG4pLzm7UYBM7LW8Wu52QIJILY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ei/0puLR9MFWPRKQaD6eyuVYj2qkaW/NDmzVccwNOVYvll7B/m93RivpBpA6QVfcR8 FPEy9jGUfFDGATbWrQQ4LHkkJgZuaeWoT4BFLQvr9HoBQCtPmoEYYGHDfMvFKtBV1LWL C5r6/qxiSzoS9O1b3oHr8fdqTqtMornlop7d4= Received: by 10.42.229.193 with SMTP id jj1mr7823505icb.188.1296020837700; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:47:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.136.69 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:46:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110125021041.GA4161@pavo.local> References: <20110125021041.GA4161@pavo.local> From: "KESHAV P.R." Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:16:57 +0530 Message-ID: To: The development of GNU GRUB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:47:22 -0000 On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 07:40, Chris Jones wrote: > Sorry for the catchy =E2=80=99Subject:=E2=80=99 above, I am not sure at t= his point > whether it is appropriate. > > I plan to make extensive changes to a multi-boot environment and > I looked in =E2=80=98GNU GRUB Manual 1.99~beta0=E2=80=99 for a way to cre= ate a CD/DVD > that would reflect the state of my grub environment, (including my > /boot/grub/menu.cfg) that would let me boot the system as if I was > booting from the HD. > > My understanding is that the correct procedure is described in section > 3.2 of the above manual: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM. > You can take a look at grub-mkrescue shell script in utils dir to find out how to create a bootable grub2 cd. > The first step specifies the following: > > | Copy the file stage2_eltorito: > | > | =C2=A0$ cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito iso/boot/grub > > I looked on the ubuntu 10.10 system where my grub environment happens to > live and was unable to find any file named =E2=80=98stage2_eltorito=E2=80= =99 anywhere on > the system and definitely not in the above directory. > > I have just downloaded a tarball of grub-1.99~rc1, and a =E2=80=98find=E2= =80=99 command > on the untarred tree did not return any positives either. > > Is this file part of another package that complements grub? > > Is the documentation in the process of being updated? > > Am I missing something? > > If the above procedure is not longer current, please let me know how > I could create a bootable copy of my current grub environment, > preferably on a CD or DVD, so that I could use it as a simple backup > solution in the event I am no longer able to boot my systems from the > hard drive. > > Thanks, > > cj > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >