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[Flavien Bridault <f.bridault AT fra.net>]

Le mercredi 20 avril 2005 à 12:28 +0200, Benoit PAPILLAULT a écrit :
> 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
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Thanks for the feedback Benoit. :)

I just made the corrections in devel. I added a question to ask wether
or not the user want to install GRUB, before asking WHERE he wants to
install it. I think this is better like this.
However I wonder if the last prompt about asking a second time about
GRUB installation is still necessary... (And the big warning could
afraid people too ;-) ) Any thoughts ??
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