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| author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> | 1996-07-15 18:04:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> | 1996-07-15 18:04:29 +0000 |
| commit | 650b37cbc25d357e47efdff2a8ffe5abb6e72cfb (patch) | |
| tree | b61c22fd575ebf404144c68e4895ad7fe7b1b593 /release/INSTALL-GRUB-MBR | |
| parent | 6c58b2f101948d0e547eb0aec03df7e0490a469c (diff) | |
Initial revision
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diff --git a/release/INSTALL-GRUB-MBR b/release/INSTALL-GRUB-MBR new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a5f694c --- /dev/null +++ b/release/INSTALL-GRUB-MBR @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +#!/bin/bash +# Install grub stage1 as the MBR, copying the dos partition table from the +# existing MBR. + +DEV="$1" + +if [ ! "$DEV" -o ! -w "$DEV" ]; then + echo 2>&1 "Usage: $0 DEVICE" + exit 1 +fi + +case "$DEV" in) + *r?d[0-9]) + ;; + *) + echo "The device $DEV doesn't seem to be a whole-disk raw device; continue? [n] " + read C + case "$C" in) + [Yy]*) + ;; + *) + echo 2>&1 "$0: Aborting"; + exit 2 + ;; + esac + ;; +esac + +cd /tmp + +dd if="$DEV" of=mbr \ +&& cp /boot/grub/stage1_ffs stage1 \ +&& dd if=mbr of=stage1 conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=446 skip=446 count=64 \ +&& dd if=stage1 of="$DEV" bs=512 count=1 |