Re: grub & dual boot with 2 hd

[Anthony Fox <ant@lonelyroad.org>]

Guy Geens <ggeens@iname.com> writes:

> Next, put the following in /boot/grub/menu.lst: title Debian
> GNU/Linux root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz
> 
> Title Windows 2000 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1

Does this make /dev/hdb (Linux) the default partition to boot from?  I
want Linux to boot by default.

> Pretty straight-forward. However, I would advise you to have boot
> floppies necessary just in case something goes wrong. And a copy of
> the MBR won't hurt either.

How do I make a boot floppy for my particular configuration?  How do I
copy the MBR?

Thanks for your help,
Anthony