%general-entities; ]> GRUB Sometimes grub under Linux 2.6 doesn't detect the disk geometry correctly, which will result in an error message. The error message is Error 24: Attempt to access block outside partition. The following patch fixes this issue: patch -Np1 -i ../&grub-disk-patch; This package is known to have issues when its default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options) are changed. If any environment variables that override default optimizations have been defined, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, unset them when building GRUB. Prepare GRUB for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Install the package: make install mkdir -v /boot/grub cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub Replace i386-pc with whatever directory is appropriate for the hardware in use. The i386-pc directory contains a number of *stage1_5 files, different ones for different file systems. Review the files available and copy the appropriate ones to the /boot/grub directory. Most users will copy the e2fs_stage1_5 and/or reiserfs_stage1_5 files. Installed programs grub, grub-install, grub-md5-crypt, grub-terminfo, and mbchk Short Descriptions grub The Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell grub grub-install Installs GRUB on the given device grub-install grub-md5-crypt Encrypts a password in MD5 format grub-md5-crypt grub-terminfo Generates a terminfo command from a terminfo name; it can be employed if an unknown terminal is being used grub-terminfo mbchk Checks the format of a multi-boot kernel mbchk