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| Peter J Ross posted this gem. Seriously...:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:19:21 +0000, Bitey <Bitey@batcave.rafters> wrote in
> alt.os.linux.debian:
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> You need a bootable CD, not necessarily a Debian one.
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> Mount the root partition.
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> Chroot into it.
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> Configure and install grub. This may be as easy as running grub-install
> /dev/hda (or sda or whatever), but I suggest checking /boot/grub/menu.lst
> to make sure it includes everything you need.
Well, *that* was too easy.. hehehe
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> Why not configure Grub to make Windows the default? A puzzled user will
> see an odd menu for a few seconds before being returned to familiar
> territory.
I've already done that, ages ago. It seems to be wildly confusing to
inexperienced users to have to arrow down to the OS they want before the
wait time is up. :D
I downloaded an .iso image of "Super Grub Disk." It allows one to boot
into any OS. I wish I had known about this little ditty a long time ago
when I was still a newbie to Linux. It would have saved me many, many
re-installs of Linux. The program isn't hard to find but the download is
excrutiatingly slow (like .05kps), and is only at one location, afaics. I
do believe this CD is going to be saving me mucho time in the future. The
..iso is in bz2 form so it needs WinRar or similar to decompress it.
http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/ for anyone who would like to have it.
Thank you very much for the help, Peter!
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