RE: [LUG] Suse 10 boot

["Ray Smith" <rayjsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to clarify. Hdb my second hard disk is used only for gnu/linux so I
don't have to faf about re-partitioning my main had drive or restoring
the master boot sector if anthing goes wrong.

If I use the suse dvd with the boot installed system then everything
comes up fine. If I look at the lilo or grub config having tried both I
can see that the entry is telling it to boot from hdb,the root
partition,same as when mandrake and previous suse version have been
installed.

This is the first time I have had a problem with suse installing the
boot loader.

Ray

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ray Smith
Sent: 22 December 2005 18:23
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Subject: RE: [LUG] Suse 10 boot



Rob wrote:


Is there any reason you're installing grub & lilo on the boot sector of
hdb?

Usually they are installed on hda or sda.


Simply because I don't want to overwrite the existing mbr. I already
have a boot manager installed on another partition which resides on
fat98. (xosloader). This calls xp for the rest of my familly who refuse
to get to grips with gnu/linux, win98 for some obscure software I still
use occasionally and then whatever linuxversion I am using

Ray


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