[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3

James Kerr jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk
Thu Jan 31 18:29:13 CET 2013


On 31/01/2013 16:19, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:22:43 +0000, James Kerr wrote:
>
>> Mageia 2's Grub boot-loader was installed to the MBR of the boot disk.
>
>    But earlier  you said:
>
>        "On a recent install of Beta1, I chose Grub2 and selected to put
>         the  boot-loader in the MBR of the boot disk..."
>
> Then: "Grub2 created a boot menu that enables me to
>              successfully boot the pre-existing Mageia2 installation."
>
> My question was about the pre-existing Mageia2 installation, and asked:
>     Does that have GRUB installed in its PBR?
>
> (I ask because others have opined that GRUB2 cannot boot a GRUB Legacy
> install unlessthat install has GRUB installed in its PBR.)


I did answer your question:

"MB  --   does the Mageia2 installation have GRUB-Legacy in the PBR?

  JK  --   No. Mageia 2's Grub boot-loader was installed to the MBR of
           the boot disk."

When I wrote "No", I meant "No" :)

To be absolutely clear, I have never placed any boot-loader in any PBR 
on this system.

Jim





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