2. You need to know the device on which you want to install GRUB. For example, to install
GRUB on the master boot record of the first disk, type the following as root user from a
Terminal window:
# grub-install /dev/hda
The new Master Boot Record is written to boot with the GRUB boot loader.
3. Reboot your computer. You should see the GRUB boot screen.
If for some reason you don??™t see the GRUB boot screen when you reboot, you can use a rescue CD
to reboot your computer and fix the problem. When the rescue CD boots up, mount the file system
containing the /boot/grub/grub.conf file. Then use the chroot command to change to the
root of that file system. Correct the grub.conf file and run grub-install again.
Configuring Networking
If you are connecting your computer to an Ethernet LAN that has a DHCP server available, you
probably don??™t need to do anything to start up automatically on your LAN and even be connected
to the Internet. However, if there is no DHCP server on your LAN and you have to configure your
TCP/IP connection manually, here is the information you will probably be prompted for during
Linux installation:
IP address??”If you set your own IP address, this is the four-part, dot-separated number
that represents your computer to the network.
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