Install grub to CD, but use HD grub.conf?

[James Wilkinson]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Why not install grub on the root/boot partition of your FC3 installation 
> instead and chain-load grub from the NT/XP bootloader? This method 
> doesn't touch the MBR but gives you a boot menu and doesn't need any 
> external boot medium. And it'll still work after you updare your kernel. 
> "Bootpart" is a helpful utility for setting this up:
> 
> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

I've also found that NT will leave a Linux boot option in an NT
bootloader alone if you reinstall or upgrade NT. (This doesn't work if
you format the drive containing the bootsector image, obviously).

James.

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