> Wouldn't it be safer to not do that? For example, suppose I have a > functioning system with grub in the MBR. When I have to reinstall > Windows it will overwrite the MBR and disable grub.
Usually I just use a Gentoo boot CD and re-install GRUB when Windows does that. In fact, you can even make GRUB boot CD's from which you can install GRUB! > If grub is installed in the Solaris partition, then all I'd need to do > is make sure that's the active partition, right? That will probably work fine assuming Windows is okay with not being the active partition. > Or am I still missing something? No. You're right on the money. The reason I always mark the Windows partition active is because I'm afraid of what Windows might do if it finds out it's not on the active partition. Maybe I'm too paranoid. Or maybe I'm right to be cautious having been forced to use Microsoft products for 20 years. > Thanks No problem!
