On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Installing GRUB > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20000825031605) > > Vincent writes "I have a Western Digital 10.2 GB hard drive with EZ-BIOS. EZ-BIOS >allows you to use all 10.2 GBs with a BIOS that doesn't support drives larger than >2.1 GB. EZ-BIOS installs to the first sector of the hard drive, so the MBR is moved >over to the second sector. Does Linux Mandrake install GRUB to the first sector of >the hard drive or does it install it to the sector containing the MBR? " > > COMMENT: > AFAIK, Linux does not need this EZ-BIOS at all, since it reads the HD info itself, but I have no idea how does our installe r react on that little pesky. Let us ask Pixel! Pixel? .-) > This is correct. Linux does NOT need EZ-Bios. All you need is to have is enough of the kernel within an area that the bios can read and then linux takes over after boot. John
