:o Win2k server installed with out disturbing Linux info in MBR !!

[shahan01]

Hi guys.
It was amazaing. atleast i saw it happen the first time. I recently installed Win2000 Server on my machine. Earlier i was running WinXP with Redhat 8.0 and had to install WIN2k Server. i did so but i can still boot linux the same way as i used. and moreover even converted my C: drive to NTFS. i wonder why wasn't my MBR overwritten??
I think the credit goes to Grub ! 8)

[shahan01]

Hey guys . i am still waiting for replies ... i wonder whats keeping u all busy at the same time

[trommaster]

is there need for a reply?

[babbing]

neat, i didn't realize that grub had a feature like that, and that it didn't bother windows

[sujoki]

i believe its win2k. cuz xp doesnt hesitate blowing away my MBR

[vwgtiturbo]

What really sucks is when xp blows you mbr away, then grub doesn't work right... and you don't have a boot floppy because you were not allowed to make one due to your kernel being too large to fit on floppy. Talk about panic... until you learn "fdisk\mbr" anyway...

[babbing]

i don't even know why i even install windows anymore....i haven't touched it in over 2 years

[shahan01]

Hey Babbing hanen't you heard the word **NEED**...
In our part of this world, lets say " its windows world"

[sujoki]

only reason i have windows is because i like Lan Parties. vwgtiturbo, its not too difficult to reinstate your bootloader back in, or at least with lilo it is reletively simple.

[vwgtiturbo]

it has only been a pain to get to linux for me, when the bootloader is inop. after i miraculously get to it, it is simple to reinstall, either 'sbin/lilo' or 'grub-install /dev/hda'. getting to it without the loader or floppy has been the biggest pain for me, depending on the distro, cuz some tell me i can't make a floppy because my kernel requires modules that make the image too large for a floppy. maybe i should compile my own, and trim the fat...