SP2 vs MBR????
Joachim Backes
backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Wed Sep 1 13:24:39 UTC 2004
On 01-Sep-2004 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?
No problems, no MBR or GRUB files detroyed.
> I have some RedHat Linux machines
> running dual boot with the Promise RAID drivers under both
> RAID drivers under both Linux and Windows XP. So I am leary of
> installing SP2 if it is going to nuke the GRUB in the MBR requiring
> me to resort to the Linux rescue disk and Promise driver floppy
> to reinstall GRUB. I would rather not go through that. Thanks in
> advance for any information on this.
> Jack
>
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