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grub will replace just the boot loader and add an entry in the boot menu so you can boot either Fedora or Windows XP
If you don't want that you can tell the installer to just install grub on sdb.
Your choice of boot loader method will depend on if the sdb drive is either a internal or an external drive. You want grub on the internal sda and then Fedora will boot from that drive, and add in your XP too. If sdb is an external drive, (which may not be connected all the time), then you do not want your grub boot loader installed on that external drive master boot record, but can be installed on each Linux root partition so that you can then chainload to them.
(1) which drive to install Fedora 10 on...no problem
(2) from which drive will fedora be booted ????
I have 2 drives
sda XP Prof
sdb Fedora 10 (when I get through)
well .... grub installs something on sda
is Fedora 10 booted therefore from sda or sdb?
The answer depends on what you mean buy "booted". The system starts, control passes to the boot sector on sda, where some very limited grub code locates and boots the kernel stored on sdb.
So, again ... define "boot". Or is this a trick question?
I agree that it isn't clear. Normally I would answer sdb as the drive you're booting from, but since it already asked for the installation drive then I suppose the "boot" drive they are asking for is sda for the location of grub. Recommend you contact Fedora devs and ask them to make it clearer
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