Re: Can I Get a FC4T1 Installation Summary?

[Demond James <maestronn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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?