[Bug 1333801] Re: create a manpage for grub-install

Phillip Susi psusi at ubuntu.com
Wed Jun 25 02:30:46 UTC 2014


The last lines of the man page say:

       The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the  info  and  grub-install  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info grub-install

       should give you access to the complete manual.


** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Title:
  create a manpage for grub-install

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The manpage of grub-install 2.02~beta2-9 is not yet ready to provide
  the information which is necessary to use the program, assuming that
  one should be able to work with the program after reading the manpage
  (`info grub-install` provides some more information but it's still
  rather incomplete). The review should include the resolution of the
  following issues:

    * There's a difference between installing on a HDD with a msdos partition table and a GPT -> document or add hint that there's none (in case I experienced errornous error messages)
    * There's a different between BIOS and EFI installation -> document
    * Document all arguments which are supported for legacy reasons (some of them do something, e.g. `--root-directory` break the installation) (see also https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+question/246173)
    * some arguments seem to require environment variables to be set (maybe only legacy arguments) -> document
    * some arguments seem to require flags on partitions to be set, e.g. `bios_boot` -> document

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