Grub installation on PC104 (with IDE flash disk)

zvivered · 10-25-2008, 02:37 PM

Hello,

My embedded target is PC104 (pentium M) connected to an IDE flash disk.
I can also connect a CDROM and Floppy drive to the IDE controller.

On my desktop PC (running Red Hat) I built grub.
How can I install grub on the target IDE flash disk that can not be connected (and mounted) to my desktop PC ?

Thanks.

jf.argentino · 10-29-2008, 08:28 AM

The easy way to do it is to connect a CDROM drive onto your platform and then just install any linux you want normally from the CD-ROM. PC-104 is just a "physical" interface, if you take a look to the buses, you'll find ISA and PCI signals, so software doesn't care about it.

If for any reason, you don't want to make a standard install, you can boot your PC104 system from a live-cd a "grub-install" will do the job.

Another way is to mount your flashdisk into an USB to IDE adapter and then make "grub-install" from your development plateform.