Re: Grub question

[Felix Miata]

On 2008/07/21 13:24 (GMT-0700) walt apparently typed:

> by definition, if you see the grub command line when you boot your
> machine, grub must be installed on the mbr of your boot disk (the disk
> your bios uses to boot from).

What definition is that? I never install Grub on the MBR in a single HD
system. Yet, I can always get a Grub command prompt by simply making sure
there is no menu.lst where Grub expects to find it.

> Installing Windows after installing grub may overwrite the grub mbr, so
> you should always have a bootable floppy or usb stick with the grub
> installation files stored on it so you can easily re-install grub to
> your hard disk. 

Or better yet, make sure there's no need to have Grub on the MBR. It's
usually needless, in which case it serves only to cause frustration following
Windoz touching the partition tables or MBR.

http://fm.no-ip.com/install-doz-after.html
http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub#How_does_a_PC_boot_.2F_How_can_I_set_up_a_working_GRUB.3F
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