Installing JUST the boot loader

experimenting with a few things and am looking to figure out how I can JUST install the boot loader.... via the ISO, it requires me to do all the steps before it (installing packages, partitioning, etc before I can install the boot loader. I'm looking for a way to essentially detect what's already there and skip all the other portions of the install process to JUST install the boot loader... anyone have any ideas where I can start? Searching the forums has not produced the specific thing I'm looking to do. A lot of stuff coverd about the bootloader in general, but not standalone installation of such. Thanks in advance!!!

graysky wrote:
# grub
<<Now you're in grub>>
>root (hdx,y)
>setup (hdx)
That will install grub to the MBR of hdx - you can also install grub to a partition if you want. See the grub wiki page.
Isn't that exactly what my line does? (grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda)
@cpunltd: You have to mount a partition because Grub needs to know where to find the menu.lst and its other files. The package "grub" needs to be installed on /dev/sda1 in my example.
Last edited by demian (2010-07-03 09:20:30)

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