Re: Dual Boot; worried about overwriting C: Boot Drive with Win2k

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 08/24/03

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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:51:03 -0400

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:06:23 -0500, Jim Fischer wrote:

<snip!>
> That's pretty much it! You should now be able to chain load the GRUB
> boot loader via the Win2k boot loader.

And its a lot! Why not just install GRUB on MBR and let Grub load Windows
or Linux? A lot easier, IMO.

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