Bug 888084 - installing grub, incorrect command
Summary: installing grub, incorrect command
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Retired
Component: install-guide
Version: devel
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Petr Bokoc
QA Contact: Ruediger Landmann
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-12-18 00:17 UTC by Chris Murphy
Modified: 2013-07-29 17:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-07-29 17:00:24 UTC
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Description Chris Murphy 2012-12-18 00:17:50 UTC 
Description of problem:
E.3. example command to install GRUB is incorrect.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 18


Steps to Reproduce:
1. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/s1-grub-installing.html

2. Center of document command grub-install /dev/hda

  
Actual results:
grub-install /dev/hda

Expected results:

BIOS:
grub2-install /dev/hda

UEFI:
grub2-install

Note that on BIOS, a device needs to be qualified. On UEFI it doesn't, the assumption is based on the currently mounted system.

Additional info 1:
Since GRUB Legacy is now totally dropped from Fedora as of 18, the usage of grub2-install and grub2-mkconfig should use upstream's naming (i.e. drop the 2). So these commands will change yet again, unclear when.
Comment 1 Jack Reed 2013-01-08 05:18:11 UTC 
Thanks Chris. I've edited the command and indicated that <location> is not required on EFI systems.
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