Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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 

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.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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