azeem ahmad schrieb: > hi all, > i have a new hard disk without any OS or Bootloader. i want to install GRUB > bootloader on this new harddisk. but i only want GRUB (bootloader) to be > installed on this harddisk. i dont want an operating system with GRUB. > how i can make it As the name bootloader implies it is meant to start some operating system at boot time. What is the reason for this question? Anyway, you first need to partition your disk (fdisk), then create a file system (mk2efs) and mount that newly created fs somewhere. Then you can store GRUB. But you need an operating system somewhere... Oliver.