Re: i386/pc/grub-setup.c question

[Seth Goldberg]

> main () sets the root device if it's not given.
> grub_file_open doestn't need a device if a root device is set.
> Else things like `set root=(hd0,1);linux /vmlnuz' wouldn't work either
> in real grub.
> It works as long as the path is relative to the root.
> I.e. grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda1 is currenctly broken
> but without --root-directory= it works.

  Thanks -- I neglected to look at the implementation of grub_device_open, 
which uses the root if the argument passed in is NULL.

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