2010-01-11 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>

	* util/grub-install.in (usage): Clarify meaning of --root-directory,
	and make it clearer that it's optional.  Based on confusion
	witnessed on IRC.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 321baa439050d7eb60d4a6791104b034d6087010..42343a8b661c6bc8daccc94c6bf543c1bc217a1e 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-01-11  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+       * util/grub-install.in (usage): Clarify meaning of --root-directory,
+       and make it clearer that it's optional.  Based on confusion
+       witnessed on IRC.
+
 2010-01-10  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
        * term/i386/pc/vga_text.c (inc_y): Fix off-by-one error which resulted

diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in
index 1fcfb1aca9d4260e5b3fa61687b67e666d971870..f3fd8818874ac49d431dbcc6ec2cdecab8cb6474 100644 (file)
--- a/util/grub-install.in
+++ b/util/grub-install.in
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ fi
 
 INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.
 
-grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by
---root-directory, and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot
-sector.
+grub-install copies GRUB images into /boot/grub (or /grub on NetBSD and
+OpenBSD), and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot sector.
+
+If the --root-directory option is used, then grub-install will copy
+images into the operating system installation rooted at that directory.
 
 Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
 EOF