REQUIREMENTS PRE-INSTALL POST-INSTALL After installation you have to copy the grub boot imagefiles to /boot/grub/: $ cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub (Of course, you can choose another location as described above but this guide assumes that you use /boot/grub. Normally you need only the files stage1 and stage2 - please read the grub documentation if you don't know why. http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/ and http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html) Now it's time to create your own "boot menu": $ # Copy sample file $ cp /boot/grub/menu.lst.sample /boot/grub/menu.lst $ # Modify it for your system $ vi /boot/grub/menu.lst For more information about setting up your own grub boot menu file: http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.92/html_mono/grub.html#Configuration Last but not least - install/enable the bootmanager: $ # Run grub $ grub grub> install (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 [wordwrap] p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst grub> quit Please correct the path & device names according your configuration. See also http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Installation That's all. Good luck ;) PRECAUTION Installing a new boot manager is like modifiying the partition table using fdisk - or installing a new system kernel. Please create a rescue boot disk first :) This is a heavy patched version of grub - Use it on your own risk ! Daniel Mueller