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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2010-07-07 19:21:08 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2010-07-07 19:21:08 +0000
commit154c0ce4dfee62b5d8671c9d022ee5cd92f5be20 (patch)
treeb683befdc8ec491bb8a4c446d206d9d20dda6c0b /chapter08
parent883aa255a7fc744878caa5d9425ee9363b6c6fc9 (diff)
Fixed creation of a GRUB boot disk. Fixes #2706.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9336 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml
index cf0b4fbe4..70145d303 100644
--- a/chapter08/grub.xml
+++ b/chapter08/grub.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@
following commands:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cd /tmp
-grub-mkrescue --image-type=floppy floppy.img
-dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440 count=1</userinput></screen>
+grub-mkrescue --output=grub-img.iso
+dd if=grub-img.iso of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440 count=1</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Alternatively, a boot CD can be created by using your host system's
+ CD burning tools to burn the <filename>grub-img.iso</filename> on to a
+ blank CD.</para>
<para>GRUB uses its own naming structure for drives and partitions in
the form of <emphasis>(hdn,m)</emphasis>, where <emphasis>n</emphasis>