diff -uNr appliance-tools-005-orig/appcreate/appliance.py appliance-tools-005/appcreate/appliance.py

--- appliance-tools-005-orig/appcreate/appliance.py	2010-09-06 18:43:21.000000000 -0500

+++ appliance-tools-005/appcreate/appliance.py	2011-10-29 09:15:41.000000000 -0500

@@ -253,11 +253,10 @@

         for f in files:

             path = imgpath + "/" + f

             if not os.path.isfile(path):

-                raise CreatorError("grub not installed : "

-                                   "%s not found" % path)

-

-            logging.debug("Copying %s to %s/boot/grub/%s" %(path, self._instroot, f))

-            shutil.copy(path, self._instroot + "/boot/grub/" + f)

+                logging.debug("grub file %s not found assume we are ok " % path)

+                 

+            logging.debug("Not Copying %s to %s/boot/grub/%s" %(path, self._instroot, f))

+            #shutil.copy(path, self._instroot + "/boot/grub/" + f)

     def _install_grub(self):

         (bootdevnum, rootdevnum, rootdev, prefix) = self._get_grub_boot_config()

@@ -278,12 +277,12 @@

         setup += "quit\n"

         logging.debug("Installing grub to %s" % loopdev)

-        grub = subprocess.Popen(["/sbin/grub", "--batch", "--no-floppy"],

-                                stdin=subprocess.PIPE)

-        grub.communicate(setup)

-        rc = grub.wait()

-        if rc != 0:

-            raise MountError("Unable to install grub bootloader")

+        #grub = subprocess.Popen(["/sbin/grub", "--batch", "--no-floppy"],

+        #                        stdin=subprocess.PIPE)

+        #grub.communicate(setup)

+        #rc = grub.wait()

+        #if rc != 0:

+        #    raise MountError("Unable to install grub bootloader")

     def _create_bootconfig(self):

         self._create_grub_devices()