Re: Generic MBR and logical drives?
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> I have a system with SuSE 10.0 installed. One of the options in Yast
> is to install a "generic MBR". I know that the old MBR from DOS was
> only capable of loading from a primary partition; if you had a system
> on a logical drive in an extended logical partition then you need a
> boot manager in a primary partition. Is that still the case for the
> SuSE "generic MBR", or can I use it and install grub on a logical
> drive?
>
Hello
I would install grub bootloader in the root partition (extended-logical)and
boot from the floppy drive...no problem in my case
.
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