03-12-2010
Beginner questions about versions and installing
1. I have never used or dealt with unix, linux, or any variation thereof, and want to. My biggest problem is that all the versions I've looked at want you to install from a CD or DVD, but I'm wanting to put it onto an Asus eeepc, which has no such drive. How would I go about installing on it? I've not seen any install options specifically for netbooks, so I don't think that's it.
2. As I said, I've never dealt with any variation of the OS, so I'd like to know how different the versions are? Is there a version more suited to beginners or is it more a matter of functionality differences instead of capability differences? Not sure I've said that in a way that makes sense or not.
3. What kind of resources are there? I've heard of the "man pages", and assume that's a manual. Is that online or in the OS like the help pages in MS products?
Thank you to anyone who helps.
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grub-install
GRUB-INSTALL(8) FSF GRUB-INSTALL(8)
NAME
grub-install - install GRUB on your drive
SYNOPSIS
grub-install [OPTION] install_device
DESCRIPTION
Install GRUB on your drive.
-h, --help
print this message and exit
-v, --version
print the version information and exit
--root-directory=DIR
install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory
--grub-shell=FILE
use FILE as the grub shell
--no-floppy
do not probe any floppy drive
--force-lba
force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS
--recheck
probe a device map even if it already exists
INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.
grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by --root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the
boot sector.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
grub(8), update-grub(8).
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info grub-install
should give you access to the complete manual.
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