Re: Installation to dedicated disk

Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
I want to ensure that Lilo, or Grub for that matter, installs only to the second, ubuntu disk and leaves my Windows boot sector alone: I will use the Windows XP Boot Loader to get to ubuntu.

Why would that wreck the Windows installation? It's just the MBR.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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