[ale] Installing linux on win 2000 partition

[John Wells]

Hmmm...ok, consider this situation.  I have it working
now using the NT bootloader.  It prompts you for which
you'd like to boot.  If you choose linux, it then runs
grub and you have to choose linux again...

I'm wondering if there's some way of reinstalling grub
(without rerunning the install) into the MBR...that
would be ideal (although I'm a bit worried about
losing all my data on the win partition ;-))...

Thanks for the help,

John


--- hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
> John Wells writes:
>  > Well,
>  > 
>  > I've install rh 7.2 with grub, but grub won't
> start
>  > because it's not in the mbr.  Do you actually use
>  > grub, or do you use the Win bootloader as
> specified in
>  > the NT dual boot how-to?
> 
> I put grub in the MBR and boot NT from it.  I
> remember that the dual
> boot howto has all kinds of complicated intructions,
> but I really
> don't think it is needed any more.
> 
>  > Thanks,
>  > John
>  > 
>  > --- hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
>  > > John Wells writes:
>  > >  > I have a win 2000 machine with two
> partitions, c:
>  > > and
>  > >  > d:.  I want to install RedHat 7.2 over the
> d:
>  > >  > partition.  Could anyone point me to a
> document
>  > > that
>  > >  > will walk me through this?  I'm assuming
> it's not
>  > > as
>  > >  > simple as dual-booting Win 98 and RH.
>  > > 
>  > > I've loaded RedHat 7.1 and mandrake 8.1 on a
>  > > partition of a laptop
>  > > that already had w2k on it without any
> difficulties.
>  > >  Lilo and Grub
>  > > are both pretty smart, nowadays.
>  > > 
>  > > My only advice is: If redhat can do grub, use
> grub. 
>  > > 
>  > > 
>  > > --Michael
>  > > 
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