legacy grub quick install guide
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grub version: 0.97
grub> root (hd<tab>
Possible disks are: hd0 hd1 hd2 hd3 hd4
grub> root (hd4,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 22 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+22 p (hd4,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
Done.
grub>
The MBR will now contain grub bootloader.