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[Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT sourcemage.org>]

Here is my test report (on x86 only):

* First cast: cast -r -c grub

** I use the default answers, however some of them looks strange:

Would you like to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst.skel? [n]
Would you like to use /boot/grub/menu.lst.skel as your menu.lst 
configuration? [y]
Would you like to install GRUB onto the MBR of the drive where /boot is 
located ? [y]
GRUB is configured to install on /dev/hda.

I think it would be better if all those questions default to "n" since i 
don't want that grub be installed automatically.

** It fails with the following error message:
configure: error: You must enable at least one network driver

I think this is because of the following default answer:
Enable diskless operation? [y]

IMO, most people don't need diskless operation, so it should be "n"

* Second cast : cast -r -c grub

** This time, i change the default as described above

** I hit a shell script error in CONFIGURE. Here is the correct code 
(hope it is still readable in a mail):

        config_query_string GRUB_TARGET \
            "IMPORTANT: Do NOT specify GRUB format any longer !!! Use 
instead the usual device file :
for example, /dev/hda for the MBR of the first IDE drive, /dev/hdb1 for 
the first primary
partition of the second IDE drive,/dev/sda for the MBR of the first SCSI 
drive,...etc" \
            "/dev/hda"

* Third cast : cast -r -c grub

** This time, i correct the shell sript error as described above
** cast was successfull
** It works on an ext3 filesystem, i will test other filesystem later.

Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO guru