Switching from GRUB to NTLDR

[Mauriat Miranda]

On 1/11/06, Chasecreek Systemhouse <chasecreek.systemhouse at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I would like to know is - Why do all that?  If grub is the loader
> and it can load all the other OS'es then why make NTLDR the loader?

Grub has been known to fail during install (hw prob, config, bios,
whatever). A novice who happens to run into this is not only locked
out of linux but their windows as well. Since the modifications needed
to be done to the NT Loader require no actual modification of boot
sectors (for Windows) it is a very safe way to leave windows virtually
untouched when installing Linux.

Furthermore, you only have to do it once. I chainload through NTLDR to
grub and have 3 linux partitions it points to. Whenever I try a new
distro, I usually* never have to worry about the install interfering
with other grubs or windows (*grub has failed on occasion).

Mauriat