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 Re: Can grub run on NTFS partititons? On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:07:35 +0800 batfree <bafreelist@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to install Linux with Windows.But my Windows Partitions is > NTFS,Can Grub run on NTFS filesystem? If the only winblows partition on your box consumes the whole of the drive, then the Linux installer will have to *shrink* that partition to make room for the Linux partition(s). At that point, the Linux installer will put GRUB on one of those partitions, it it exists, the partition holding '/boot', or in the subdirectory '/boot' on the '/' partition. -- remove MYSHOES to email      |
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| Re: Can grub run on NTFS partititons? "mst" <mstg@linuxMYSHOESmail.org> wrote in message news:4389c268_2@x-privat.org... > On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:07:35 +0800 batfree <bafreelist@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I want to install Linux with Windows.But my Windows Partitions is >> NTFS,Can Grub run on NTFS filesystem? > > If the only winblows partition on your box consumes the whole of > the drive, then the Linux installer will have to *shrink* that > partition to make room for the Linux partition(s). > > At that point, the Linux installer will put GRUB on one of those > partitions, it it exists, the partition holding '/boot', or in the > subdirectory '/boot' on the '/' partition. He didn't ask that. Grub is a boot-loader. The important bit is usually put at the beginning if the hard drive, in a bit of space set aside for exactly that, and it should be able to boot a Windows box just fine. It will normally replace the Master Boot Record or MBR created by your Windows installation, and if you un-install Linux later you may need to use a Windows CD or other means to replace the boot loader. The part that goes in /boot on the Linux operating system is the rest of it, but the critical bit for grub or lilo is the bit that goes in the master boot record. |
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