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Is there any reason why grub_prefix is in boot.img rather than core.img ?

This brings problems when the following conditions are met:

  - core.img is loaded directly without boot.img (via GRUB Legacy)
  - grub is not in /boot/grub (typicaly, when /boot is a separate partition)

If grub_prefix is moved to core.img, then grub-mkimage could be modified to
override prefix, supporting this setup.

Is this a good way to fix it?

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