SP2 vs MBR????

Mark Haney mhaney at interactsys.com
Wed Sep 1 13:19:26 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 09:13, Jack Howarth wrote:
>     Has anyone installed the Windows XP SP2 update on a dual boot
> RedHat Linux/Windows XP box? Does the process of applying the SP2
> update overwrite GRUB in the MBR? 

I have done it safely on many boxes.  It does not affect the MBR in any
way that I can see.  You should be just fine.


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Mark Haney
Network Administrator
InterAct Public Safety Systems
mhaney at interactsys.com
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