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alright, wondering, is it possible to put grub on a floppy?
or is there a program that already does this
I would like to boot linux from an external hard drive
thanks~
yes, we can install GRUB into a floppy, let it to be a bootable grub floppy.
1/ format a blank floppy
2/ dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
*** you can find the stage1 in /boot
3/ dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
*** you can find the stage2 in /boot
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