Re: Grub option on Debian-style install

[Heike Jurzik <knoppix@linux-journalist.com>]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 09:06:56AM +0100, marc wrote:

Hi Marc,

> To repeat:
> Clearly, I don't want to overwrite my existing MBR, since I want point
> to the scrip in Debian's /boot/grub script. However, I don't know what
> will happen should I select the second option. What I actually want to
> do is add a knoppix line to my existing grub script.
> 
> That's all: what does the second option do?

Have a look at http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-52621.html (Google
search for "knoppix install bootloader root partition")

It will not touch the MBR, just the partition, so you can point GRUB
there.

Cheers, Heike

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