I don't recall which model laptop this thread is about, but I'd like to insert a caveat on this for late model Thinkpads. Overwriting the MBR on these will disable access to the POST-time diagnostics, utilities, and restore partition. :-( I ended up downloading a small utility program to help me set up the windows boot loader to boot either WinXP or Linux on my T43.
IBM/Lenovo is using an extended boot record to handle their diagnostics/recovery stuff. --[Lance] Dave Sorenson wrote: > The easiest way to handle his is to let grub install to the boot > partition and let it handle loading windows. Windows boot loader is a > PITA to get to work right with other OS's. When grub boots you will have > a few seconds to hit enter to see a selection menu. From there you can > choose Linux or windows to boot. -- Celebrate The Circle http://www.celebratethecircle.org/ Carolina Spirit Quest http://www.carolinaspiritquest.org/ My LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/users/labrown/ GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACert.org Assurer -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
