On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:50:39 -0400, TH (Tom) wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:47:15 -0400, TH (Tom) wrote:
> >
> >> > # grub2-install --grub-setup=/bin/true '(hd0,3)'
> >> > Installation finished. No error reported.
> >>
> >> AFAIK, this won't be bootable, unless grub-install has run
> >> successfully before, because that all that the above commands are
> >> doing is populating "/boot/grub2/".
> >
> > it's from a comment in bz 728742
> >
> > With warnings telling me something "is not possible", I stopped
reading
> > them again and missed the "Installation finished. No error reported."
> > at the end. It simply got lost in the noise. No line prefix for the
> > final status message.
> > When using --force it is too late to warn about something that is
> > "UNRELIABLE" and "discouraged".
>
> As I said in my earlier email, unless grub-install has run
> successfully (which it has in your case because you used "--force"),
> using "...--grub-setup=/bin/true..." will not install grub.
I didn't mean to disagree.
Sorry, misunderstood you.