On Sunday 27 August 2006 18:08, PaulNM wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > Yes.  You may also remove the linux boot image file C:\bootsect.lnx.  The
> > only drawback is that if he keeps Gentoo and ends up using it regularly,
> > then every time you/he compile a new kernel you will need to repeat the
> > exercise.
>
> You will not need to redo all this every time you (re)compile a kernel
> if you're using grub, only add the new entry for the kernel in
> /boot/grub/grub.conf. With Lilo you will. The code in the MBR that Grub
> puts in allows it to access the boot partition and read the config,
> while lilo had to write it to the mbr every time you change things.

Oops, my bad.  Sorry for wrong steer.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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