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Re: Grub without Linux.



On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:47:05PM -0700, peasthope@cablelan.net wrote:
> 
> I have a machine with two disks.  /dev/hda has 
> Windows 98; /dev/hdb has Debian Etch.  Grub 
> starts either system.  The root partition for 
> Grub is in Debian, (hd1,0).
> 
> I want to move the Debian drive to another 
> machine and leave the Windows disk in working 
> order.  Reinstalling Grub on the Debian disk 
> in its new home is easy.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to arrange for the Windows
> system to start after the Debian disk is gone?

Read the grub howto/manual. Install (setup) grub on hda's MBR.  You'll
have to figure out where to put grub's menu.list on the 'doze partition
since I haven't run 'doze since 3.1.

Doug.



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