Where to put the Grub loader
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Sun Aug 17 20:34:30 UTC 2008
I was told by someone that since Windows always puts it's loader on
the first hard drive Master Boot Record (MBR) location it would be good
to install Grub on another Hard Drive or at least another partition.
This sounds good at first flash but then a problem. Your BIOS
looking for something to load looks ONLY at the MBR of the first drive
period.
So it is not possible to install Grub elsewhere and expect it to
work. I have tried this and yes it is true. It doesn't work.
Karl
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