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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:33:34 -0700, Darren New wrote:
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>> 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
Well, I was speaking of booting the installation disk or the live cd.
Didn't even get as far as actually installing it.
>- 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.
Maybe. I don't have any trouble using Windows' bootloader to load GRUB.
You just have to set it up right. It's pretty trivial.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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