Installing GRUB as the MBR on an ext3 formatted drive using winxp?
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Wed Mar 12 05:12:18 UTC 2008
Gareth Marsh wrote:
>> Explain what you mean. Where do you expect linux to boot from?
> I will use isolinux/initrd.img & vmlinuz to boot and install fedora from a dvd iso on the same hdd.
>
> I'm not bothered about what grub will boot yet, I just want to get a hdd bootable with grub using xp (the hdd with xp will be disconnected while the other hdd boots).
>
Most folk install Linux and grub at the same time, and have grub boot
Windows. In the ordinary course of events, it will just happen.
If you're installing Linux to a second drive, I recommend you put grub
in the MBR of the second drive, and configure Windows to boot that.
Prior to Vista, aim notepad at c:\boot.ini - it's moderately
straightforward, but do take care!
I gather that in Vista boot.ini has gone missing.
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John
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