On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 13:04, Marc wrote: > On a ML installation when it gets to the part about where to put the boot > record the first sector is one of the options. How would this affect how the > machine boots? > What would be the reason to use the root partision for the boot instead of > the first sector of the MBR or a floppy? > > > ______________________________________________________________________ A floppy is obviously not a convenient option unless this is a test scenario and you want to be able to boot the new system without touching the boot manager currently in use.
Putting it on the first sector is useful if you are adding this as a second or third or whatever system and want to use an existing boot manager in the MBR, adding the new one manually. Mostly the MBR is the easiest choice - certainly for the scenario where you have an existing doze system and are setting up the standard dual boot scenario. HTH Brian
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