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+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of Grub</title>
+
+<para>Grub needs a patch applied that fixes a compile problem with
+GCC-3.3.1:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../grub-&grub-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Prepare Grub for compilation:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>And install it:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install
+mkdir /boot/grub
+cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever
+directory is appropriate for your hardware.</para>
+
+<para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory also
+contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different ones
+for different filesystems. Have a look at the ones available and copy the
+appropriate ones to the <filename class="directory">/boot/grub</filename>
+directory. Most people will copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename>
+and/or <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+