Re: Can grub run on NTFS partititons?

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:12:52 -0500

"mst" <mstg@linuxMYSHOESmail.org> wrote in message
news:4389c268_2@x-privat.org...
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:07:35 +0800 batfree <bafreelist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I want to install Linux with Windows.But my Windows Partitions is
>> NTFS,Can Grub run on NTFS filesystem?
>
> If the only winblows partition on your box consumes the whole of
> the drive, then the Linux installer will have to *shrink* that
> partition to make room for the Linux partition(s).
>
> At that point, the Linux installer will put GRUB on one of those
> partitions, it it exists, the partition holding '/boot', or in the
> subdirectory '/boot' on the '/' partition.

He didn't ask that. Grub is a boot-loader. The important bit is usually put
at the beginning if the hard drive, in a bit of space set aside for exactly
that, and it should be able to boot a Windows box just fine. It will
normally replace the Master Boot Record or MBR created by your Windows
installation, and if you un-install Linux later you may need to use a
Windows CD or other means to replace the boot loader.

The part that goes in /boot on the Linux operating system is the rest of it,
but the critical bit for grub or lilo is the bit that goes in the master
boot record.

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