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Re: help with grub command sought

From "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.portable
Subject Re: help with grub command sought
Date 2014-06-21 20:11 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <lo4otd$qh6$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <lo3oqv$lak$1@dont-email.me>

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On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 11:03:59 +0000, Charles T. Smith wrote:

> I'm looking for the proper grub command to write a boot sector to a
> removable USB drive.
> 
> After installation, the disk won't normally boot.
> 
> I am creating a portable SuSE 13.1 system on a removable usb drive.  I
> choose minimal X desktop to avoid Gnome and Kde.  I also chose to
> install the boot sector in the partition where I was installing linux.
> 
> I can boot the system via the installation system.  I can boot it and
> run grub and could write a boot sector from there, but I'm worried that
> I might blow away my main system if I enter the wrong command.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> cts


Okay, I may have found it: http://lwn.net/Articles/253587/

But I haven't had a chance to test it yet.

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help with grub command sought "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 11:03 +0000
  Re: help with grub command sought "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 20:11 +0000
    Re: help with grub command sought "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-22 10:20 +0000
      Re: help with grub command sought Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-06-22 13:14 +0200
        Re: help with grub command sought "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-22 12:19 +0000
          Re: help with grub command sought Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-06-22 15:00 +0200
            Re: help with grub command sought "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-22 13:38 +0000
              Re: help with grub command sought Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2014-06-23 15:58 +1000
    Re: help with grub command sought Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2014-06-22 23:27 +1000
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