Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed

[Mike McCarty]

Mikko Silvennoinen wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I had sometimes help from installing Smart Boot Manager, it is OS 
> independent and

I've used it as well. It also allows one to boot from devices
which the BIOS cannot recognize as bootable, as well. I have used
it to boot CDROMs on a machine which does not know how to boot from
CDROMs.

> can replace original code at MBR. Remember to use the backup feature 
> first, to be able to
> restore old MBR if necessary.

And be sure to put the copied MBR on a medium which is bootable
and contains the tools necessary to restore it, should the install
not work. I use an MSDOS bootable floppy with a little program
to put the MBR back.

> It is a command line utility, that I found from Linux Format Magazine's 
> cover CDs.

Current versions have a pseudo-graphical user interface.

> It does not replace the need of Grub or Lilo, but let's you choose from 
> which harddrive's MBR or
> from which partition that has Grub or Lilo or XP you want to boot from.
> It can scan for existing MBRs and partitions.

With some reservations, I agree with your assessment. It would not
work on the machine I am currently using, however, and for the
same reason GRUB does not work in the MBR. So it is not a solution
to the type of problem GRUB has on my machine.

Mike
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