I am moving my computer from Testing to Stable. I installed Stable on a new
partition, and want to configure GRUB. But /boot/grub is missing! It was a
routine install, except that I did not select "Desktop environment" in
TaskSel. Why is /boot/grub missing? And how can I get it created? The
computer is a two-year-old I386-based laptop. Some other info:

masatran@masatran:~$ ls /boot
config-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486
initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486 System.map-2.6.18-4-486

masatran@masatran:~$ sudo aptitude search grub
p ggz-grubby - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games
i grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
p grub-disk - GRUB bootable disk image
p grub-doc - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader
p grub-splashimages - a collection of great GRUB splashimages

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On 8/17/07, Masatran, R. Deepak <masatran@research.iiit.ac.in> wrote:
> I am moving my computer from Testing to Stable. I installed Stable on a new
> partition, and want to configure GRUB. But /boot/grub is missing! It was a
> routine install, except that I did not select "Desktop environment" in
> TaskSel. Why is /boot/grub missing? And how can I get it created? The
> computer is a two-year-old I386-based laptop. Some other info:
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ ls /boot
> config-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486
> initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486 System.map-2.6.18-4-486
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ sudo aptitude search grub
> p ggz-grubby - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games
> i grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-disk - GRUB bootable disk image
> p grub-doc - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-splashimages - a collection of great GRUB splashimages
>
> --
> Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/>

Not sure if this would (examples might change according to your
configuration):

aptitude install grub (apt-get instead of aptitude is you don't use aptitude)
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
update-grub

If your /boot corresponds to a different partition than /, then you might:

grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
cd /boot
ln -s . boot
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
update-grub

You can consult:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...ub_002dinstall

Or:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...ode/index.html

Also if you want grub2 instead of grub-legacy, then if grub-pc is
present, then install it and if not, then install grub2 (under
unstable it's grub-pc)...

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On 8/17/07, Masatran, R. Deepak <masatran@research.iiit.ac.in> wrote:
> I am moving my computer from Testing to Stable. I installed Stable on a new
> partition, and want to configure GRUB. But /boot/grub is missing! It was a
> routine install, except that I did not select "Desktop environment" in
> TaskSel. Why is /boot/grub missing? And how can I get it created? The
> computer is a two-year-old I386-based laptop. Some other info:
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ ls /boot
> config-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486
> initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486 System.map-2.6.18-4-486
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ sudo aptitude search grub
> p ggz-grubby - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games
> i grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-disk - GRUB bootable disk image
> p grub-doc - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-splashimages - a collection of great GRUB splashimages
>
> --
> Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/>

Not sure if this would (examples might change according to your
configuration):

aptitude install grub (apt-get instead of aptitude is you don't use aptitude)
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
update-grub

If your /boot corresponds to a different partition than /, then you might:

grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
cd /boot
ln -s . boot
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
update-grub

You can consult:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...ub_002dinstall

Or:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...ode/index.html

Also if you want grub2 instead of grub-legacy, then if grub-pc is
present, then install it and if not, then install grub2 (under
unstable it's grub-pc)...

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* Masatran, R. Deepak <masatran@research.iiit.ac.in> [2007 Aug 17 14:16 -0500]:
> I am moving my computer from Testing to Stable. I installed Stable on a new
> partition, and want to configure GRUB. But /boot/grub is missing! It was a
> routine install, except that I did not select "Desktop environment" in
> TaskSel. Why is /boot/grub missing? And how can I get it created? The
> computer is a two-year-old I386-based laptop. Some other info:
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ ls /boot
> config-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486
> initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486 System.map-2.6.18-4-486
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ sudo aptitude search grub
> p ggz-grubby - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games
> i grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-disk - GRUB bootable disk image
> p grub-doc - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-splashimages - a collection of great GRUB splashimages

If I recall, /boot/grub does not exist until grub-install is run. If
your current bootloader (grub?) is configured from your Testing
partition, then all you need to do is add kernel stanzas for your
Stable partition. If you run grub-install from your Stable partition,
then it will replace the existing bootloader and be configured in
/boot/grub and you'll need to add kernel Stanzas to boot Testing
(unless you plan on using that partition for something else).

Clear as mud?

- Nate >>

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* Masatran, R. Deepak <masatran@research.iiit.ac.in> [2007 Aug 17 14:16 -0500]:
> I am moving my computer from Testing to Stable. I installed Stable on a new
> partition, and want to configure GRUB. But /boot/grub is missing! It was a
> routine install, except that I did not select "Desktop environment" in
> TaskSel. Why is /boot/grub missing? And how can I get it created? The
> computer is a two-year-old I386-based laptop. Some other info:
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ ls /boot
> config-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486
> initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486 System.map-2.6.18-4-486
>
> masatran@masatran:~$ sudo aptitude search grub
> p ggz-grubby - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games
> i grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-disk - GRUB bootable disk image
> p grub-doc - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader
> p grub-splashimages - a collection of great GRUB splashimages

If I recall, /boot/grub does not exist until grub-install is run. If
your current bootloader (grub?) is configured from your Testing
partition, then all you need to do is add kernel stanzas for your
Stable partition. If you run grub-install from your Stable partition,
then it will replace the existing bootloader and be configured in
/boot/grub and you'll need to add kernel Stanzas to boot Testing
(unless you plan on using that partition for something else).

Clear as mud?

- Nate >>

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