use Grub from nsfroot or install client - was: Re: grub problem

[Henning Sprang]

Michael Tautschnig wrote:
> [...]
>>> Well, the current simple example from SVN trunk does not call grub-install
>>> within the chroot...
>> so this is clearly an error... one can not rely on grub being installed to
>> the nfsroot...
>>
> Is it? 

I don't think this is so clear. In most cases, one can expect that in
the install target enough tools are available to properly install grub
on the bootsector. If it's not in the target, why should grub be used at
all?
If I use a different version of grub on the install target, I defintely
want to use this one, not the one from the nfsroot.

So the grub in the nfsroot is not the most "natural" choice to use, I
think, maybe with the exception someone wants to create a very minimal
system, and doesn't want to have any grub tools on the install client.

In the current case I bet grub is neither in the install target nor in
the nfsroot! :)

Henning