On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:22:44 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Personally I use grub4dos for that. That way, I do not need to change  
>> anything on the Windows side when I update GRUB on the Linux side.
>
> Unless GRUB rewrites the per-sector partition, I don't need to change  
> anything on the Vista side either. I didn't have trouble changing, for  
> example, the menus, IIRC.  I'll check it out.

Changing the config is not a problem. Updating GRUB to a newer version is.  
Anytime you re-setup the GRUB boot-loader you have to update the copy you  
keep on the Windows side.

>> Also, should you not be doing "setup (hd0,1)" if you want to chain-load  
>> from the Vista boot-loader?
>
> Should I?  What GRUB actually does when it sets up is still kind of  
> mysterious to my.

"setup (hd0)" installs GRUB to the MBR of hd0, i.e. it overwrites the  
first stage of the Vista boot-loader. If you want to chain-load Linux, you  
should install GRUB to the boot sector of the Linux boot partition.



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FE

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