building GRUB (or anything else)
 

Well, probably, it's a simple question.
I downloaded GRUB 1.95 source code and wanted to build it. In INSTALL, there is a note that it requires certain components.
Okay, I have RHEL v4 fully installed, but do not know what I have and what I don't have.
So I tried to run configure, and it required some LZ0 library (version 1.05 or above).
Would anyone tell where I can get it. Or where can I get a fully built working GRUB 1.95?
And if I get that library, how many more will I have to search for to get configure working? And where to look for them?
And why at gnu.org they only got the source code version?

you already HAVE grub working just fine. you couldn't be *in* rhel4 if you didn't as it is it's default boot loader.

if you're just getting used to linux you should not need to compile *ANYTHING*. if you think you do, chance are you're reading the wrong information.

Hey dude,

Why do you want to build a GRUB in the first place? It comes by default. There is absolutely no head-banging you need to do, but you do need to install Linux with the most common options of course.

The Grand Unified Boot-loader (GRUB) is the first screen that you encounter with line like:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 2.6.9-22 (or something like that - varies from distros-to-distros).

So don't lose sleep on that, okay dude :-)!

OP wants to install the **newest** GRUB---What will become version 2.
(With v. 1 stuck at 0.97 for past umpteen years, do we believe that 2.0 will ever happen?...sorry, mind wandering.)

To the original question:

• If you search in Google using the exact name of the missing library, you should find it.
• No guarantee how many libraries you will have to hunt for--expecially using a relatively old distro.
• Pre-built binary---search Google
• Why doesn't GNU release binaries---Still in development??

I don't think so, i think it's more a case of confusino and misinformation.

Allright, I see I'm not doing the right thing.
I liked GRUB so much (after working with other boorloaders) that I wanted to install the latest version. I misunderstood the fact that 1.95 is just a pre-release/unstable/in_whatever_else_way_unready version.
So I'll finish wasting time and use my GRUB 0.95.

Sorry, I confused LZO(-o) with LZ0(-zero) and therefore was unable to google the LZO library.

I have once built Grub 0.97 into every BSD I could lay my hand on.

It is a 10 minutes job by following Appendix A of the Grub Manual. Think there are only 4 to 5 lines of terminal commands to type.

Personally I couldn't name any improvement 0.97 Grub may need apart from the recognition of USB devices.

The last task I set for Grub was to boot 2 Vista without the need to install a Linux and it passed with flying colour.