[vox-tech] Replacing FC with Kubuntu in Dual Boot env.

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Wed Jan 11 08:38:44 PST 2006


Rod Roark wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 January 2006 01:44 am, Alex Mandel wrote:
> ...
> 
>>Thats my thinking, just tell kubuntu to use the partition where FC is 
>>and it should take care of the rest, then when it asks if you want grub 
>>installed opt-out...
> 
> 
> That doesn't sound right.  Surely you want the grub package
> installed with your Ubuntu distribution.  The installer will
> notice that you have a Windows partition and should create a boot
> entry for it.
> 
> -- Rod

But he already has grub, hmm. Does grub sit in the MBR or is there just 
a pointer to it? I guess if it is in the MBR and there are no other 
linux distros on the machine it would just get overwritten by the ubuntu 
  installer, is that correct?

Alex


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