On 2007/10/26 03:14 (GMT-0700) Jake Conk apparently typed: > I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install > windows on that new disk without it taking off my grub? I know most > multiboot setups that include windows always say install windows first > then install linux so it can auto detect your windows partition and > setup grub accordingly but in my case I already have linux setup and > want to install windows while keeping suse's grub menu. Is this > possible and how?
As http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/install-doz-after.html explains, installing doz afterwards is no big deal - in the usual case. However, due to your mirroring situation, there may possibly be complicating issues. Fixing Grub is not a big deal. Grub has multiple components, only one of which might live in the MBR, the only place where doz will disrupt it. Putting it back when it happens does not require changes to Grub's boot configuration file that lives on your SUSE partitioning, though you may wish to do that to facilitate your multiboot. The biggest thing to be sure of, which should not be an issue when installing on an empty HD, is that doz does not change any partitioning on your existing disks, as that could make a quite complicated repair necessary. The easiest thing for you to do is probably to disable the current HDs in the PC BIOS, which will make the doz installer think it's installing to the only disk in the system. After you're done you can reenable them and then modify Grub to add doz as a menu option. If your BIOS makes that difficult or impossible to do, you may be able to accomplish the same thing by decabling the disks you don't wish the doz installer to see, depending on the device names associated with the new and existing disks, and whether they're using normal jumpering or cable select mode. -- "The basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. President Harry S. Truman Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
