2 questions: GRUB boot CD? ; stage 2 on ext3 partition?

[Xin ZongXien]

Dear sir, madame!



I install Linux with GRUB my first time and don't want to kill my system.
so I first ask, lest there come up troubles.


problem/question 1:
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in the case that my system will be unbootable, I need a rescue boot disk.
of course I also make OS boot disks, but if just the MBR on the HD is 
broken I can use the very funcional GRUB to manually boot partitions.


is it possible to make a GRUB boot CD (means a CD with GRUB stage 1 in the 
CD's MBR, and also stage 2, so that it boots GRUB fully)?       (I don't 
have a floppy drive, and don't want it.)



with such a disk, it is poosible to boot every partition on the hd from the 
GRUB command line, right?
so, I also don't need, and (to have an also on other PCs useable GRUB boot 
CD) also should not create boot entries into "menu.lst", right?

is such a GRUB boot CD , especially in the case that there is no GRUB 
(stage 2) on the hd, but just on this GRUB boot CD?



problem/question 2:
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can GRUB's stage 2 also be installed into a ext3 formatted partition 
(Linux' boot and system partition)?




sincerely,


Xin ZongXien

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