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I would like to have a bootable disk that starts Grub legacy (not Grub 2). I have the /boot/grub/menu.lst that works for my system. When I had a floppy disk ...
  1. 08-02-2010 #1
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    Create a bootable Grub legacy disk?

    I would like to have a bootable disk that starts Grub legacy (not Grub 2). I have the /boot/grub/menu.lst that works for my system. When I had a floppy disk I used the option to create same from Startup Manager, but haven't found a way to create a similar disk.
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    This ubuntu article on creating a GRUB floppy disk might help in achieving your goal:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto/BootFloppy
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    Thank you, but I don't have a floppy drive and the alternate way doesn't work.
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    The last time I made a bootable GRUB CD, I simply copied the disk image from a bootable GRUB floppy over to a CD and that worked, but if you don't have a floppy drive you could try using this HowTo from the GRUB manual:

    GNU GRUB Manual 1.98-r2508

    I've never used it myself but have seen reports by others that it worked great for them.



    Edit: oops, that manual page appears to be GRUB2. Maybe there is a similar page for GRUB Legacy. Otherwise, you could also consider using SuperGRUB.
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  5. 08-03-2010 #5
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    That manual page for Grub 2 scares me. It may be a little over my head without some serious hand holding. Besides Grub 2 when I had it (I also have Ubuntu 10.04) conflicted with my Windows 7 bootloader; ergo I use grub legacy from Ubuntu 9.04.
    In the past I did try using Super Grub and burned a CD. No joy.
    Thanks for giving my problem your consideration.
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