1. Download grub-0.97.tar.gz
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub2. Update grub-0.97 source code
Start by applying the following patch to allow for better drive detection, fix some GCC 4.x issues, and provide better SATA support for some disk controllers:
$patch -Np1 -i ../grub-0.97-disk_geometry-1.patch
By default, GRUB doesn't support ext2 filesystems with 256-byte inodes. Fix this by applying the following patch:
$patch -Np1 -i ../grub-0.97-256byte_inode-1.patch
2.
$./configure --prefix=/home/gary/XXX
$make
$make install
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