[NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Loader

[George Lass]

terry wrote:
> 
> George Lass wrote:
> 
> >I have just installed a RedHat 9 system on a second
> >drive in my Dell Dimension 4550 Desk Top PC.  The
> >PC shipped with Windoze XP loaded on the first
> >hard drive.  Not wanting to take any chances, I
> >didn't install a boot loader. Rather, I created
> >a boot floppy.  Is it possible to go back and
> >install a boot loader for both O/S's at a later
> >time on the first hard drive?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >George
> >
> >
> >
> So, did you ever get it going your way?   ...Or not?
> 

I did eventually get things working while still
maintaining the NT boot loader.  I actually wound
up having to "dd" the first 512 bytes of a floppy
based grub onto the windows file linux.bin

I also tried: grub --install, but I must have 
a different version of grub than what you are used
to (I have GNU GRUB 0.93), for when I type 

grub --install

I get

grub: option '--install' requires an argument
Try``grub --help'' for more information.

grub --help yields the following

--install-partition=PAR specify stage2 install_partition
[default=0x20000]


George


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