On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:33:34 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> I've had at least two machines where GRUB wouldn't even load - probably
> the motherboard or something, which is actually something surprisingly
> difficult to find out about a computer you plan to buy already built.

I've seen this a couple of times myself - it's always (in my case 
anyways) been a problem with the way Windows uses the MBR.  Some Linux 
distros install GRUB to the partition rather than the MBR and that'll 
cause problems if Windows is on the machine already - or if it's wiped 
off but the MBR isn't touched.

Jim

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