I recently ran the amd64 net install on my Win2000 system (I'd already set aside disk space for the linux installation). I was also a bit nervous about having Debian overwrite the MBR (although it's never given me any problems in the past), so when I was asked to install grub I declined, I left the MBR untouched. Then I created a grub floppy (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy.html#Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy) and tested my booting situation with that.
Once I felt comfortable that everything looked okay, I went ahead and installed grub to the MBR "natively" (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Installing-GRUB-natively.html#Installing-GRUB-natively). After that everything worked just fine. Grub's pretty darn flexible, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with how to use it to boot your system. Here's a link to a guy who's using it to boot over 100 operating systems on his machine: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=143973 What he's done there can provide you with some good examples. (The grub documentation is also helpful.) Btw, I also saved the boot records on my drive using "dd" and put them in a safe place, both before and after the linux install so I can easily restore them, just for peace of mind! -- Scott Edwards --- Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Thierry, > > no hint to your problem but ... > > On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 21:19 +0100, Thierry LARMIER > wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I want to format my FAT32 disk and re-install > windows ( Windows need to > > be re-installed often. :-))). Yes I need windows > only for game :-(((( > > .. the next time you got a fresh > windows-installation you could > make an image of the whole partition and if^Wwhen > it's messed up again > reinstall the image. That would spare you from the > hassles to go through > windows installation-dialogue again. And should be > faster too. > > > But I know that windows will erase my MBR :-((((. > > And you wouldn't have to touche the MBR. > > Cheers > > Michael > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
