On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 16:53 -0800, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 17:56 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: > > As far as I know, it won't, but I'm not an MS Guru. Someone mentioned > > Norton Anti Virus (and IIRC McAffee) might have auto-repaired the boot > > sector thinking it might have been changed due to virus activity. I do > > remember having this "fixed" for me a few times before finding the > > setting to not "fix" it. Let me clarify one thing, you did the Grub > > install and then re-booted, and it went into XP without showing the Grub > > menu, correct? > > > > Norton System Works '06 edition was roundly criticized for this since it > also affected American tax software which also demanded changes to the > MBR.
Which begs the question as to what the tax software was doing mucking about with the MBR? Who wrote it? > Lets hope '07 corrects this. Dumb idea to use the boot sector for > anything but booting systems. IIRC it can be told to leave the MBR alone. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
