Boot-managing your Linux+Windows box    Friday, November 19 2004 @ 03:15 PM EST Contributed by: glosser Every system with more than one operating system installed needs a boot manager -- a piece of software that allows users to choose which operating system they wish to use. The boot manager generally resides in the master boot record (MBR) of the hard disk. The most popular boot managers that come with Linux distributions are LILO (LInux LOader) and GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader). If you install or re-install Windows on a system that already has Linux installed, the Windows bootloader will replace GRUB or LILO in the MBR, so that after you are done installing, you will simply boot into Windows. This doesn't mean your Linux distribution has been erased or uninstalled; it simply means that your current bootloader is unaware of where to find it. It's up to you to tweak the system to get your boot manager back. Full article from Linux.com   [ Views: 1463 ]

Boot-managing your Linux+Windows box | 0 comments | Create New Account

Newest First Oldest First Flat Nested No Comments Threaded

The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.

No user comments.