Tim wrote: >> I want to upgrade Windows XP on my laptop to Windows 7, >> but I'd like to be sure that I can get back to Linux afterwards. >> (I'm sure Windows installation will over-write the MBR.)
> Some people modify the Windows bootloader, so that *it* can be used to > boot Linux. You *can* have the Linux bootloader set up to choose > between booting Windows and Linux, *and* the Windows bootloader set up > to choose which to boot. That's interesting. I've always regarded the Windows bootloader as a black box, my occasional journeys into the Windows Registry having proved disastrous. But I don't see how both can be on offer - do they use the MBRs of different drives? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
