Installing grub to dual boot

[Keith Antoine]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> Brad De Vries wrote:
> 
>> As I investigate further, I think the problem lies in the fact that I
>> have win2000 on the first partition and Linux on the second.  If I
>> install grub into the MBR it must remove the NTLDR boot loader.  I
>> guess what I'm going to try to do next is setup the NTLDR to be able
>> to run grub.  Hopefully that will work and I'll have the same result
>> just a different path.
> 
> 
> Brad, I've installed scads of systems with Win2000 in hda1 and some 
> variety of grub bearing Linux in hdaX. It has never been a problem.
> 
> The rule was always to load Winders first and then let Linux/Grub do 
> it's thing. Something has obviously gone wrong in this case, but there 
> is nothing intrinsically wrong with the layout you have.
> 
> The deprecation of grub-install is news to me also. Wonder what replaces 
> it? It always "just worked" for me.
> 
> Michael

I have seen the traffic this has caused and thought that it would be 
answered promply. It has been but most miss the obvious. I, as you all 
know have been boot dual for ages, not saying how long. However in most 
cases inserting the CD and booting installed OS then reinstalling grub 
fixes the problem. There is an exception when it does not work, when the 
MBR has been corrupted and will not overwrite, rare but I have had this 
happen too often over the years. Always caused by a windows problem.

The only way I have been able to overcome this is to slake C: and 
reinstall. Backups with Ghost or similar essential.

BTW I have never managed to get windows to control the dual boot 
sucessfully for very long.


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