writing grub to mbr to hda with Windows XP

[Graeme Nichols]

On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 14:12, res gzq wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Graeme Nichols" <gnichols at tpg.com.au>
> To: <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:15 PM
> Subject: writing grub to mbr to hda with Windows XP
> 
> 
> > Hello Folks, I have been fortunate enough to be able to upgrade to a new
> > machine, 3G P4, 200Gb HD 512Mb RAM. This machine came with Windows XP
> > Home preinstalled with the 200Gb HD divided into 3 partitions, the first
> > partition being 95Gb with the Operating System and programs installed,
> > second partition 85Gb containing all the installed software for a
> > complete re-install to original settings and the third partiton
> > containing all the drivers.
> >
> > To get my FC2 on to this machine I removed the second HD which contained
> > my FC2 from my old machine and installed it in the new machine and
> > booted up using my boot floppy. As FC2 was booting it removed the old
> > hardware etc. and installed the new etc. I logged in and all was
> > perfect.
> >
> > Now my question is; can I write grub to the mbr of hda which contains
> > the XP install without mucking things up? I seem to recall that XP
> > doesn't like Linux bootloaders. Am I correct?
> >
> > All advice welcomed. Be nice to get grub working.
> >
> > --
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Kind regards, Graeme Nichols.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> What I did:
> 
> With Windows present:
> I did a Linux install (choosing GRUB) and install it to MBR.  I believe that
> GRUB will find the Windows partition and give you an entry to it.  So, on
> GRUB boot up, you will have a choice of Linux or Windows.  I used RedHat 9;
> but I think it should work in your case.  It would be useful to have a Win98
> boot disk w/ FDISK.  if there is a problem:  FDISK /MBR should restore the
> Master Boot record to boot to Windows.
> 
> The easier way would be to load GRUB directly to MBR.  GRUB should be able
> to boot to a second hard drive.
> 
> If you have any problems I can forward my Menu.lst file.
> 
> jk

Thanks for the info. I have it all working now.


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Kind regards, Graeme Nichols.
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