GRUB will not be overwritten

[Terry Polzin]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 12:07, Krzysztof Kujawski wrote:
> I think this is dengerous.
> Can I install GRUB on floppy disk.
>
> I wrote commands as you gave me:
>
> chroot /mnt/sysimage
>
> and
>
> /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda3  -- linux partition
>
>
> and I obtained message:
> `Installation finished. No error reported.
> This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map
> Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect fix it
> and re-run the script `grub-install'.
>
> # this device map was generated by anaconda.
> (fd0)   /dev/fd0
> (hd0)   /dev/hda'
>
> exit
>
> exit
>
> rebooting
>
> and  I still see windows boot loader
>
> Windows 2000 first
> Windows 2000 se.
>

If you are rewriting the MBR wouldn't you be running the command as follows:

/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda

You want to rewrite the MBR not install grub into a partition, right?
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