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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3</H1>
<B>James Kerr</B>
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<I>Thu Jan 31 18:29:13 CET 2013</I>
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<PRE>On 31/01/2013 16:19, Maurice Batey wrote:
><i> On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:22:43 +0000, James Kerr wrote:
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</I>>><i> Mageia 2's Grub boot-loader was installed to the MBR of the boot disk.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> But earlier you said:
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</I>><i> "On a recent install of Beta1, I chose Grub2 and selected to put
</I>><i> the boot-loader in the MBR of the boot disk..."
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</I>><i> Then: "Grub2 created a boot menu that enables me to
</I>><i> successfully boot the pre-existing Mageia2 installation."
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</I>><i> My question was about the pre-existing Mageia2 installation, and asked:
</I>><i> Does that have GRUB installed in its PBR?
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</I>><i> (I ask because others have opined that GRUB2 cannot boot a GRUB Legacy
</I>><i> install unlessthat install has GRUB installed in its PBR.)
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I did answer your question:
"MB -- does the Mageia2 installation have GRUB-Legacy in the PBR?
JK -- No. Mageia 2's Grub boot-loader was installed to the MBR of
the boot disk."
When I wrote "No", I meant "No" :)
To be absolutely clear, I have never placed any boot-loader in any PBR
on this system.
Jim
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