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Old 02-01-2004, 08:03 PM   #1
invinciblemk
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Question Can write GRUB at first sector of MBR

hai guys,

Recently i installed Redhat linux onto my PC and was successful.But when it asked where to write GRUB I preferred hda6 partition to MBR.If write GRUB onto first sector of MBR is it going to fiddle with Windows boot sector?

Thanx in advance
 
Old 02-01-2004, 09:07 PM   #2
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You'll still be able to boot windows, you just have to setup grub to do it. Grub has excellent documentation at www.gnu.org/softwate/grub
 
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If you are dual booting with Windows, it is preferrable to place the boot loader at the first sector of the boot partition.
 
  


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