[K12OSN] OT: Question about my laptop...XP, Fedora, Ubuntu and GRUB

[David Trask]

"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 2:42 PM +0000 wrote:
>I assume you have grub installed in the MBR.  If so,
>it won't be touched when you delete the FC3
>partition(s).  So when you install Ubuntu, if it
>doesn't install a bootloader for you, the worst that
>will happen is it will require some configuration to
>boot Ubuntu.  But Windows should boot just fine
>because like I said, your current bootloader won't be
>touched.
>
>If Ubuntu does install a new bootloader, I assume it
>would provide you access to your Windows system, but I
>can't say for sure.
>
>In any case, you'll be able to configure grub with a
>Knoppix CD.  I can't give you specifics, but I've done
>it with lilo.
>
>-Rob

How about this?  If I delete grub from the MBR altogether using fixboot or
xpboot and run fixmbr....then will installing Ubuntu put in grub like FC3
did and set it up correctly?

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
(207)923-3100