On 02/27/2008 05:05 PM, Robert W Best wrote:
The MBR could be on the 3rd HD (not write protected). How can I find where the MBR is located? I allways thought it to be the 1st HDs 512 bytes ...
Not 1st, but each
I'm going to replace SuSE 10.1 with 10.3 - but before I let SuSE change the MBR on the 3rd HD (assuming it is there) I want to know how this can be undone in case Windows does not boot anymore.
Since Windows does not boot from the 3rd HD (assuming), it would have no effect, BUT I would verify during install EXACTLY where it plans to install GRUB. If you wanted, especially if your BIOS supported a boot menu, you could just disconnect the WINDOWS disks, install 10.3 to the 3rd as planned, then afterwards, you could use the BIOS or the boot menu to determine which OS you will boot.
I'll also burn a boot CD according to the openSUSE documentation section 13.5. I know how to do this on a system without RAID, but on the system with the 1st and 2nd HD in RAID, in menu.lst
title Windows XP chainloader (hd0,0)+1
hd0,0 should be hd1,0 or hd2,0 - right?
It all depends on if Linux supports the fake raid Windows is connected to. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org