Can I Get a FC4T1 Installation Summary?

[Gerry Tool]

Demond James wrote:
> Gerry Tool wrote:
> 
>> Tino Meinen wrote:
>>
>>>>> Can I avoid the MBR issue in advance of the installation? Is YUM a
>>>>> confirmed problem?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MBR issue:  run linux expert at the boot prompt, and when you get 
>>>> into the install, before you start installing the packages, hit 
>>>> alt+f2 to switch to the second console.  dd if=/dev/hda of=/root/mbr 
>>>> bs=512 count=1 should save your MBR into /root/mbr.  Hit alt+f7 to 
>>>> go back to your install (i'm assuming you are running graphical 
>>>> install).  After all the packages have been installed and before you 
>>>> reboot, go back into the console, and cat the saved mbr into /dev/hda.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is great, thanks!
>>> So with this I can get my bootprogram in the MBR back the way it was.
>>>
>>> But now i'm puzzled: how does one get a new bootrecord in the
>>> bootpartition so that one can chainload to boot into FC4t1?
>>>
>>> Tino
>>>
>> If you are using GRUB from another Linux partition, boot that system, 
>> mount the partition for FC4T1, open its /etc/grub.conf in an editor 
>> and insert the appropriate lines from it into the /etc/grub.conf for 
>> the system that is controlling the MBR.
>>
>> If this isn't your case, some more explicit description may prompt 
>> someone to provide a suitable answer.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>>
> Is GRUB on FC4test1 working OK? Can I just install the FC4test1 version 
> of GRUB in the MBR and then update the new grub.conf file with the 
> information the was in my old grub.conf file?  From what I have read the 
> problem is only with people not wanting FC4test1 to install grub on the 
> MBR.  Is that the case?
> 
I believe that is correct.  I was able to boot fine from MBR when FC4T1 
took it over.  I just prefer to have my production system, FC3, in 
charge of boot loading, so I did the reverse and copied the grub.conf 
info from FC4T1 into FC3 grub.conf and using the rescue CD mounted FC3 
and ran 'grub-install /dev/hda' to restore the MBR to be under control 
of FC3.

Gerry