On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:06:55 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Martin Steigerwald > <mar...@lichtvoll.de> wrote: >>> Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
(...) >>> Thanks for the explanation. I asked because if what you wanted is >>> keeping things separate (e.g., windows and linuxes boxes) there is >>> another approach to consider (at least this was possible with openSUSE >>> that allowed to install "generic code" into the MBR -I miss this >>> option from Debian installer though-): install each GRUB in its own >>> partition (instead the MBR) and mark with the "bootable" flag the >>> desired partition with GRUB on it. This way you have as many GRUBs as >>> linuxes installed to boot (thus if one fails you can go with the rest) >>> and Windows is happy with this because you don't have to reinstall all >>> over again the bootloader when (re)installing the system. >> >> AFAIK this calls for block list based installation of GRUB 2 which is >> not recommended cause it introduces the same issues than map file in >> LILO. I don't know what you mean here. Installing GRUB in the first sector of a partition instead the MBR has been always possible (also documented) and nothing to be avoided "per se". Can you expand this? (...) > Cameleon: You can choose to install grub2 to a PBR by refusing to > install it to the MBR. d-i'll prompt you to provide a device - and it > accepts a partition. Yes, I know. But AFAICT, installing nothing in the MBR (e.g., from a low level formatted hard disk) is not the same than having "generic boot code" here. I don't know if Windows (or any other operating system) will be happy to boot from no man's land. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jtrs24$36q$8...@dough.gmane.org
