INSTALLATION Once the grub2 port is installed, the boot loader itself can be installed like so: # grub-install /dev/ For example, to install grub2 into the master boot record of the first SCSI or SATA drive: # grub-install /dev/sda To install to the second partition of the first SCSI or SATA drive instead of the MBR: # grub-install /dev/sda2 CONFIGURATION A configuration menu file is required for grub2 to do more than display a command line. It can be created automatically using the 'grub-mkconfig' command like so: # grub-mkconfig > /boot/grub/grub.cfg NOTE: For grub-mkconfig to work properly the following conditions should be met: 1) The kernel is expected to be named one of these ways: /boot/vmlinuz-* /vmlinuz-* /boot/kernel-* If the kernel is located somewhere else grub-mkconfig will NOT find it! For example, '/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.28' is good and '/boot/linux-3.10.28' would not be found. 2) When dual-booting with Linux installations on other partitions or drives, grub-mkconfig will not find them without the extra program 'os-prober' installed. The configuration file can also be created manually. A sample grub.cfg is included in the port.