On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 08:34:40PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > Christopher Nelson wrote: > >something to the effect of "Are all your other > >operating systems listed below? // Debian Sarge (on hda2)". If you see > >that, it should be safe to overwrite your MBR. > > Will it really identify the other installation as "Debian Sarge"? When > I installed Etch, the Grub menu list entry it created for itself makes > no mention of "Etch" -- just "Debian GNU/Linux" and the specific kernel > appear in the title. > > Of course you can easily change that. I'm just not sure if the > installer will identify the specific Debian distribution by name all by > itself.
I wasn't sure, which is why I used the words "to the effect of"--it would have taken a long time for me to download a CD, then do two installs to an emulator. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There's no real need to do housework -- after four years it doesn't get any worse. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
