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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> The disk layout is like this |
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> (MBR) - Win XP |
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> /dev/hda1 - Win XP |
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> /dev/hda2 - extended partition |
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> /dev/hda5 - /boot |
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> /dev/hda6 - swap |
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> /dev/hda7 - / |
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> /dev/hda8 - /home |
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> Now, my question, where do I write grub? I believe it's into the |
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> MBR and not into partition 1, correct? If so I'd use: |
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> grub |
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> grub> root (hd0,4) |
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> grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) |
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> grub> quit |
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> Is this correct? |
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Not quite. At least you got the confusing numbering scheme right ;-) |
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(hd0,4) would be your / partition. But grub expects the partition containing the |
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grub installation files, which are located on /boot so it should be (hd0,2) |
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Christoph |
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