I'm not sure this is right group.. sorry

here is my setup:
40GB IDE HDD primary master split into these partitions:
1)winXP
2)Debian
3)Linux swap

GRUB is installed and dualboot Debian/winxp works fine

I have added unformatted 120Gb disk as secondary master in order to
install Solaris10 on it (the old one is full)

I'm worried it could corrupt existing MBR with GRUB, so I'd like to
make backup of grub config. (already backuped MBR)
If I understood correctly grub needs /boot/grub/menu.lst, but is that
all?
what happens if Debian partition gets corrupted, how can WinXP be
booted?

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On Mar 15, 11:57 pm, "orange" <orang...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure this is right group.. sorry
>
> here is my setup:
> 40GB IDE HDD primary master split into these partitions:
> 1)winXP
> 2)Debian
> 3)Linux swap
>
> GRUB is installed and dualboot Debian/winxp works fine
>
> I have added unformatted 120Gb disk as secondary master in order to
> install Solaris10 on it (the old one is full)

> I'm worried it could corrupt existing MBR with GRUB, so I'd like to
> make backup of grub config. (already backuped MBR)
Create a GRUB boot floppy in case something went wrong.
or just make a bootable GRUB cd/rom:
mkdir iso
mkdir -p iso/boot/grub
cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito iso/boot/grub
mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-
size 4 -boot-info-table -o grub.iso iso

> If I understood correctly grub needs /boot/grub/menu.lst, but is that
> all?

yeah thats GRUB configuration file.

> what happens if Debian partition gets corrupted, how can WinXP be
> booted?

you can always boot on winXP - from grub in case something really bad
happens try to boot from windows Bootable CD-ROM.

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