Re: GRUB over MSbootloader

Subject	Re: GRUB over MSbootloader
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
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From	"28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net>
Organization	mitotic resell
Date	2023-02-27 21:35 -0500
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On 2/27/23 12:13 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Sun, 26 Feb 2023 23:10:56 -0500 "28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 2/26/23 2:59 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
>>> I installed  MSDOS first then WP, so now XP controlled the swithcing between
>>> booting MSDOS or booting XP.
>>>
>>> When I install Linux, will grub replace the Windows boot loader or include it
>>> as a submenu on grub?
>>>
>>> And If I don't like this, how do I put it all on grub?
>>
>>     GRUB2 replaces the DOS/Win bootloader. It searches the disk(s)
>>     to see what's there are creates its own menu entries.
>>
>>     Problem - if you get too aggressive with Win fixes it may
>>     wipe out GRUB2 and re-install the Win bootloader. M$ is
>>     convinced it owns the compuverse. However there are some
>>     rescue utilities that can re-install GRUB2 afterwards
>>     without you having to install some kind of new Linux.
>>                                                                
> 
> Many Linux distros have utilities to create / burn a "rescue/boot" CD --
> always a good thing to have.  Also, the Linux live/install CD can be used as a
> rescue/boot disk.

   Mostly ... but a regular distro will have you
   just run "update-grub" and then you'll have a
   menu that also contains the disto on the stick,
   likely seeing it as your "main" distro.

   Easy enough to fix once you CAN boot to yer favorite
   on on the HDD of course, but it's a two-step process
   usually. Had to do something like this a few months
   ago for a Win+Lin box. My 'ideal' is several Linux
   distros on the HDD and NO Winders  :-)

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GRUB over MSbootloader vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-02-26 19:59 +0000
  Re: GRUB over MSbootloader Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2023-02-26 22:25 +0000
  Re: GRUB over MSbootloader "28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net> - 2023-02-26 23:10 -0500
    Re: GRUB over MSbootloader Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2023-02-27 05:13 +0000
      Re: GRUB over MSbootloader "28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net> - 2023-02-27 21:35 -0500
    Re: GRUB over MSbootloader "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-19 12:02 +0100
  Re: GRUB over MSbootloader Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2023-02-28 15:42 +1100
  Re: GRUB over MSbootloader vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-17 19:17 +0000
    Re: GRUB over MSbootloader "Nuno Silva" <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-18 09:36 +0000
      Re: GRUB over MSbootloader "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-19 12:38 +0100
        Re: GRUB over MSbootloader Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-03-20 15:16 +0000
          Re: GRUB over MSbootloader Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-20 10:24 -0700
          Re: GRUB over MSbootloader "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-20 23:32 +0100

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