Adivce on Partitions

[Andy Goss]

On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 23:48 -0400, Andy Anderson wrote:
> Thiers Botelho wrote:
> 
> > Since you have Windoze as well, I'd think the best place for Grub
> > would be /boot and not the MBR. At least that was the prevalent
> > recommendation a while ago on Fedora site and lists.
> >
> > The main reason for this would be, that any future reinstall of
> > Windoze would not clobber your Grub configuration.
> >
> > I suppose you have considered this option and preferred not to use it
> > - any thoughts on this ?
> 
> I always make a backup of the /boot partition before doing anything,
> so I have that safe.  It's pretty easy to boot off either an Ubuntu
> live CD or a floppy that has grub installed in it's boot record (I keep
> one around for emergencies).  Of course, many PCs these days,
> particularly notebooks, no longer have floppies...
> 
> > Thanks again, Andy. Very clear and very helpful.
> 
> You are very welcome.  It's nice to be part of a community of helpful,
> sharing folks.
> 
> Take care.
> 
> -- 
> Andy Anderson 
> Salisbury, MD, USA
> http://www.slowlanecafe.com
> 
> "A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour."  
>                                                      - Anonymous
> 
> 

The best source of wisdom on multi-booting that I have found is:

http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143973

Andy Goss