Re: Any way to avoid using GRUB

From: Christopher Bogart (cmjb13_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 06:51:49 -0400

I want to know how I can configure the Linux setup so it's not dependent on
the XP installation (ie: If I pull the Linux drive out, XP will boot. If I
pull the Linux drive out, it will not boot)

"Paul Lutus" <nospam@nosite.zzz> wrote in message
news:10j07kvhrubbs4c@corp.supernews.com...
> Christopher Bogart wrote:
>
> > I'm fairly new to Linux and have a question:
> >
> > I recently installed Red Hat 9 on a 40 GB drive (1st drive is 40 GB XP)
> >
> > I bought the 2nd drive so I could work on it independently from the XP
OS.
> > During an installation a few months ago, I was able to disable the XP
> > drive in the BIOS and enable the 2nd drive whenever I wanted to play
with
> > Linux.
> >
> > Today in the Linux setup I disabled the boot loader and also deleted the
> > DOS boot from the setup. Yet, the GRUB still appears. The only way I can
> > get into either the XP or Linux OS is enabling both drives in the BIOS.
If
> > the XP drive is enabled and the Linux is not, it's giving me a GRUB Hard
> > drive error. If the Linux drive is enabled and the XP is not, it goes
> > straight to the GRUB dos prompt.
> >
> > Is there a way around this?
>
> Yes, there is. Use Grub to decide which operating system to load. The
> reason:
>
> 1. Windows wants to be on the first system drive.
>
> 2. Grub and Linux therefore must be on the second system drive.
>
> 3. Both drives must be activated.
>
> > The Linux setup doesn't let you change which HD the GRUB is installed.
>
> Sure it does, but the Windows drive must remain where it is, and you only
> have two drives. If you had more drives, there would be more meaningless
> choices.
>
> You know, you never said what you wanted to happen, only what did happen.
>
> --
> Paul Lutus
> http://www.arachnoid.com
>

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