Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:36:14
Message-Id: 20111112103504.63bcf9bd@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro by Dale
1 On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:05:39 -0600, Dale wrote:
2
3 > >> Is there a way after the install to add a Windoze OS to grub and all?
4 > >> I unplugged the windoze drive to make sure it didn't mess that up OR
5 > >> I mess up something. So, grub, or some bootloader, is installed on
6 > >> the wrong drive in this case.
7 > > Plug the drive back in and run grub2-mkconfig. It will generate a new
8 > > menu with a Windows option. No manual editing needed.
9
10 > Oh nooooooooo. It can't be that easy. O_O I'm going to screw
11 > something up you watch. lol
12
13 > Oh, how do I boot it the first time tho? When I plug the windoze drive
14 > up, there won't be a grub. Yet anyway. Hmmmmm.
15
16 Of course there is, as long as the BIOS is set to boot from the Linux
17 disc, GRUB is there and waiting to boot Linux. Run grub2-mkconfig to
18 generate a new config for the existing GRUB, with Windows included.
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22 Neil Bothwick
23
24 CONGRSS.SYS corruptd... Re-boot Washington D.C? (Y/N)

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