Re: Grub install question?
- From: Tiago Pedrosa <riftman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:25:40 +0000
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:10:09 +0100
Ishwar Rattan <ishwar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> a debian derivative with / on hda5
> that bots using grub (and is working). I
> want to install another distribution on hda3,
> it also asks if bootmanager (Grub) be installed
> in MBR or root partition. So, will an install on
> MBR destroy the boot info for the exisiting system?
You can install the new grub and put the entry to the linux on hda5
(as is in the menu.lst on the system on that partion) in menu.lst.
Or you don't install the grub in the new system and put a new entry on
the menu.lst of the older install for the new one.
Sorry about my english
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