On 2 February 2010 17:57, Tony Pursell <a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > > It all depends on how you do it. A standard dual boot installation will > overwrite the MBR with GRUB's MBR that points to the partition with > GRUB on it. As I said, if you rely on the machines own boot menu, > you are OK. Its all about which drive's MBR is used for GRUB. >
Ah, wait, I see what you mean. Installing GRUB to the MBR on the internal drive with the actual executables (/boot/grub/...) on the USB drive will mean it fails to find the files needed if the USB drive isn't plugged in... I did that once! It was fun. -.- > > I'm just trying to make sure Rob doesn't get into the pickle I've seen > other get into. > Fair enough; pickles are only nice with cheese. Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
