On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:40:40 -0400 > Wally Lepore <wallylep...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> If I choose NO to the installer's question as to placing GRUB in the >> MBR of the 1st drive. What are my choices as to where to install it? I >> don't want to answer "NO" to the question only to advance the >> installer to a dead end. I have no idea what may happen next if I >> answer NO. Any ideas or suggestions please? >> > > You have the choice of installing it in the Debian partition, or not at > all. In the latter case, you will need to boot to Debian from a > removable drive. This will quickly become tedious. If you install it in > the Debian partition, you will need to run this bootloader from the > first stage of the Windows bootloader.
I don't understand. GRUB just needs to be installed in the partition of the debian drive. That's my understanding. > What it comes down to is that you need to boot the first stages of one > of your operating systems and select either to continue to boot it or > to boot the other. > > If you have Windows up to XP, it is fairly simple either way. Windows > can boot other operating systems easily, though after XP it became much > harder to edit the bootloader (Windows' 'Grub2 moment'). Up to and > including XP, it was a matter of editing the boot.ini text file, > present in the root of the Windows boot partition. Once this file > includes two or more operating system entries, you will be given a > small menu with a timeout and default before Windows starts. Ok I understand..... > Should you decide to use Grub for the initial boot, and something goes > wrong that can't be fixed, all versions of Windows can have their > MBR bootloaders restored from their installation discs, or from a rescue > disc made from within Windows. Whatever you decide, it is probably > worth making this rescue disc, as you probably don't have the > installation disc. Research how to do this and how to make the repair > before you lose the Internet... Thank you Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caldxikqvuvwjsopn90r3kvskeg6tyqa7zcqcqqvd+zmznj9...@mail.gmail.com
