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Where is the grub loader located?

  • 17-07-2008 02:54PM
    #1
    bandit197
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭


    I have a pc with linux mint and vista ultimate running on two seperate drives.
    I want to re-install vista. Is the grub loader normally installed on the same drive/partition
    that the linux install is on? Can I just disconnect the drive with Mint installed before I
    re-install windows and re-connect it afterwards with grub intact.
    If anyone can help it would be appreciated or if anyone knows a better way to go about
    this let me know. Thanks


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  • #2
    bandit197
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭bandit197


    Ok, Ive been doing some hunting and found that the grub is in the mbr which may get
    changed by the new install. Ive read I can modify the grub via a terminal off a live cd after
    the install. Everything is backed up so here goes.


  • #3
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Depends on the distro. I know openSUSE and Ubuntu let you specify where to install it (MBR or a certain partition).

    You can reinstall it fairly easily using the config files in /boot/grub if all goes pear-shaped.


  • #4
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    This is simple and handy for restoring GRUB as your bootloader if it's been overwritten:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

    Just put in the Live CD and start up the terminal.


    .


  • #5
    bandit197
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭bandit197


    An Fear Aniar wrote: »
    This is simple and handy for restoring GRUB as your bootloader if it's been overwritten:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

    Just put in the Live CD and start up the terminal.


    .

    Thanks for the help guys. I was trying this ^^ but would not work for me. I googled about
    and it works for a lot of peeps but just kept booting into windows on me. I used Super Grub Disk http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Main_Page and it worked fine. Great little tool. 4mb iso


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