Thanks. My efforts were only last year though (Suse 10.1?) . It is good news if this is much more automated.
One of the things I was trying to accomplish with my boot install was a configuration that left the Windows drive in a pristine state. I once hade a boss who demurred from experimenting with a dual boot (which otherwise he thought was a good option) because it would involve writing to the MBR on the Windows drive. I think this is definitely a configuration that should be supported and automated - it would definitely facilitate business users - who want to certify to their clients that they have not altered existing configurations - with experimenting with Linux. Cheers (as all the brit-dudes say). John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/20/07, Paul Meyer wrote: > > It took me mucho effort to get grub setup. I wanted to boot Linux (Suse) > by default > but have a choice to switch to Windows at boot time. I did not know about > bootpart or the problem with remove the Linux drive. It did finally work > though. > If you aren't worried about what will happen if you remove your hard drive(s), then the default Linux install for most Linux distros today will set things up so that your boot menu will give you a choice to boot Windows but default to booting the distro you just installed. In other words, if you installed Linux today, it would be zero effort on your part to get what you wanted. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
