Re: Switching from GRUB to NTLDR

On 1/11/06, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With the dd step you are taking the MRB that should have GRUB on it already
> and putting it into a file. NTLDR uses files to load the boot managers
> rather than chainloading to a bootsector. You don't have to "reinstall" GRUB
> anywhere. You just have to save it and put it somewhere and in some form
> that NTLDR can use it.

Yippy! I just learned something about Windows I didn't know.

What I would like to know is - Why do all that? If grub is the loader
and it can load all the other OS'es then why make NTLDR the loader?

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