Re: First Linux Installation Ever - Need Help !

From: houghi (houghi_at_houghi.org.invalid)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:51:38 -0000

BOOGIEMAN wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:19:49 -0000, houghi wrote:
>
>> 1. Buy the Pro version. It has great books explaining it all.
>
> I did, but I like more to ask somebody who had some experience
> with this problem
>
>> 2. Start installing and the part where it askes how to boot, see to it
>> that you choose for floppy
>
> So that's it, floppy or MBR ?

Well, there could be CD, USB key and the like. Mainly it is, as you
have, either floppy or hard drive. Hard drive is MBR.
>
>> 3. Configure your booting thingy what you have to boot SUSE.
>>
>> No idea what you use to boot now, so no idea how to help you there.
>>
>
> Nothing. I just installed windowses one by one
>
>> SUSE however is extremely capable to change the MBR in a correct manner
>> and let you boot whatever you want.
>
> If I change MBR, is there in any way risk of damaging my hard disk ?

I have yet to hear that it to happen, so my first answer would be no.
However nothing is impossible. Remember that you have about the same
risk (or less) when you installed the other OSses to boot from MBR. 

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