azeem ahmad wrote:
>> > 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?
> i m doing it for just studying purpose. i got your point but the question
> is how to store/install GRUB on this harddisk. is it like an rpm or i have
> to get some software and to compile it.
grub consists of several parts - the actual boot-loader,
and one or two files that this points to,
which need not be on the same disk.
Assuming you are running Linux, you could say
"grub-install /dev/hdb" (substituting the disk you are using for hdb).
Then you could look at what you have created with
dd if=/dev/hdb of=myboot bs=512 count=1
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