Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1390 mails)

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2010/03/03 09:53 (GMT-0500) James Knott composed:

> Felix Miata wrote:

> > The result of all the above is Windows' ntldr is your primary boot manager,
> > from which you may choose Windows or Grub, and Grub loads Linux, all using
> > standard MBR code, a configuration that won't scramble Linux when you
                      a configuration that won't scramble Linux when you
> > reinstall Windows.
   reinstall Windows.

> Why would I want to boot into Windows first?

That was the last clause of my reply to you. It was just offering _an_option_
("one way").

> Linux is my primary OS on 
> this computer.  I alway boot straight into grub and choose the OS 
> (default Linux) from there.

Just as with Grub, in Windows' boot loader config file (boot.ini), you can
specify a default selection and short timeout.

> If I just follow the 2nd part will grub be functional again?

If by "functional" you mean as primary bootloader, and /boot is a primary and
set active, then yes. Otherwise, you'll need Grub on the MBR, which Windows
will overwrite when you reinstall it.

> I used dd to copy the /boot partition to a file and 
> then back onto the same partition number.

But does it start on the same sector number (did your resizing result in that
it now starts on some other sector than it did on the old HD?)? If it's on
the same sector, and a primary set active, then Grub reinstallation might not
be necessary.
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