Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2876 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 10:24, RTF wrote:
> Thanks Kenneth and Randall.  One more question.  Will it overwrite
> the MBR?  I have Partition Magic installed along with Boot Magic and
> I'm wondering how an installation will affect the boot record...
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rob

The Windows installer is written to take over and replace the MBR 
entirely, only recognizing the existence of Windows installations.

The Linux installer (SuSE's, anyway) will integrate existing boot 
information into the MBR it writes, giving you the option to boot any 
of the systems that existed before it was installed in addition to the 
newly installed system.


Randall Schulz
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