On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 19:05, Neil Hodge wrote: > Aaron: > > On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 07:19, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Yes you can do it with linux rescue but a boot floppy should be made > > every time you install or upgrade (ubtil you get as machine like the > > new Dells without a floppy drive). > > > > Why, if, with all of the machines you are responsible for, you can do it > with the CD? > > > Why would you install grub in /dev/hda6 rather than the MBR? > > When I first started using Linux, I was (obviously still) more > comfortable using windoze. That being the case, I set up my dual boot > like this: > > http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00011.asp > > which is basically > > * windoze boot loader on the mbr > * image of the first 512 bytes of my linux boot partition (/dev/hda6) in > a file and placed on c: (which is at the beginning of the drive) > * entry in boot.ini pointing to that "linux boot file" > > I guess at this point it is time to make grub my primary boot loader, > but I just have not gotten around to it yet. Maybe when I install RH10 Managing Grub in the MBR is a lot simpler than the above. Gerry Tool
