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| From: | reader@×××××××.com | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | [gentoo-user] Re: Shouldn't grub setup overwrite lilo in MBR | ||
| Date: | Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:26:39 | ||
| Message-Id: | 8764pjmbsf.fsf@newsguy.com | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Shouldn't grub setup overwrite lilo in MBR by Richard Fish |
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| 1 | Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> writes: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > No, it says to install the boot code into the first partition of the |
| 4 | > disk, not the mbr. This would be useful if you use a microsoft mbr |
| 5 | > (fdisk /mbr, or fixboot from a recovery console), which looks for the |
| 6 | > 'active' partition to determine which OS to load. |
| 7 | > |
| 8 | > You want "setup (hd0)" |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Egad... I new that once upon a time. Thanks |
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