grub2config v1.5 Kent Robotti <krobotti@nyc.rr.com> Jun 24, 2009

The script 'grub2config' helps you install the GRUB2 bootloader
on your Linux system.

It supports IDE and SCSI drives, but has no support for RAID.

These are the options you can use at the GRUB2 install menu:

1. Start: Choose where to install GRUB2.

   This is the first step to start a new configuration file,
   /boot/grub/grub.cfg, with no OS's entered into it (yet).

   You'll be asked where you want to install GRUB2. This
   can be to your Master Boot Record, or a Linux partition's
   superblock (for OS/2's Boot Manager etc. to boot).

   Once you've started a new /boot/grub/grub.cfg file, you must
   add at least one OS to it before you can install GRUB2.

   Next you'll want to add at least one Linux partition, the
   one that will hold the GRUB2 files in /boot/grub.

   You then may want to add other partitions, if you have any.

2. Menu choices to add Linux and other DOS/WIN/BSD/OS2/HURD/QNX/
   PLAN9/BEOS/Minix partitions to the /boot/grub/grub.cfg
   file.

   These all pretty much work the same way. You'll be asked 
   which partitions you want to include in the grub menu, and 
   you'll also be asked to assign a label to each partition.
   The label can be any name such as Redhat Linux, Slackware Linux,
   or Windows Vista etc.

3. Install GRUB2

   Once you've looked at your new config file and are 
   satisfied with the way it looks, pick this option to 
   install GRUB2 and exit the GRUB2 installation menu.

Other options:

  -- View your current /boot/grub/grub.cfg file

   If you haven't begun building a new grub.cfg file, this choice
   will let you take a look at the existing one in /boot/grub
   on your GRUB2 Linux partition. 

   If you have begun constructing a new grub.cfg file, this
   option will let you view the progress on that.

 -- Help - Read this GRUB2 Bootloader HELP file 
 
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Other GRUB2 information:

  GRUB2 on the Master Boot Record can be removed easily.

  DOS/Win9x fdisk has an 'fdisk /mbr' option that restores the original
  master boot record. You can also restore your original boot sector from
  the copy 'grubconfig' makes in /boot/grub/mbr.device.number.

  This is probably the best way to go about it.

  # dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.device.number of=/dev/device bs=512 count=1

  If you want to make any changes, you don't need to run grubconfig
  again, you can just edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg by hand.

--- end of GRUB2 help

grub2config is based on liloconfig by Patrick Volkerding fron the
Slackware Linux distribution.