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["Wyatt Draggoo" <wyatt AT draggoo.com>]

> I do not think that is the way it works.  The kernel spell, yes will 
> help, but for that initial setup, before the reboot with your new 
> kernel, I do not think that you are able to download anything off the 
> internet, honestly I'm not sure on this part though, I never tried, so 
> if grub isn't available on the iso, then it wouldn't be possible at all 
> to install.  Then since the installer also runs lilo after the kernel is 
> installed, even if you did manage to somehow install grub, the installer 
> would very likely write over the grub install.  But at minimum, the 
> binary would have to be available on the CD, as well as a slight, 
> probably very quick modification to the installer.  Also, lilo as a 
> program is not actually included in the linux spell, only a script for 
> updating the lilo.conf file.  This I am sure of, grub can be added to 
> that script, but it still wouldn't actually install grub.
> 
> I could be completely wrong on this as well.

Sorry, I should have been more clear.  What I meant was, except for
including grub on the ISO, most of the work would be done in the kernel
spell---not in the install system.  At most I'd add a menu option to edit
the grub config, much like the option to edit lilo.conf now.

Wyatt

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Wyatt Draggoo