? grub - XP,Ubuntu, Xubuntu

[Dennis Castanos]

thank much.  you answer some of my next questions.  I did a default
install on Feisty, so I assume the default uses MBR for grub.  How do I
backup the MBR or do I backup grub.  or are they one in the same.  I've
always been confused with MBR AND GRUB.
thanks, dennis


On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 21:12 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2007/10/15 16:33 (GMT-0700) Dennis Castanos apparently typed:
> 
> > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 19:23 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> On 2007/10/15 18:58 (GMT-0400) Dennis Castanos apparently typed:
> 
> >> > i have free space to play with.  If I install Xubuntu on my dual boot
> >> > system, will Xubuntu automatic reconfigure grub to have a triple boot
> >> > system?  (XP, Ubuntu, Xubuntu) -Dennis
> 
> >> That would be a lot of needless duplication. Just apt-get install
> >> xubuntu-desktop and choose between Gnome and XFce from the login manager.
> 
> > neat info.  What if I want to install "Gutsy Gibbon".  Would this hold
> > true?  or how about Debian?  Would grub pick up whatever os I had on my
> > hard drive?
> 
> Assuming you're running Feisty or some older *ubuntu now, Gutsy would
> normally be an upgrade install, but you could install it separately. As a
> separate install, you'd have a choice of it installing Grub either to its own
> boot or root partition, or to the MBR. If to the MBR, it would replace what
> you have there now, assuming you're already using it now from that location,
> and should automatically include your current windoz and *ubuntu. If to its
> own partition, you'd need to add it to your existing grub, easily done by
> copying one of its grub stanzas from its menu.lst to your existing menu.lst.
> 
> Debian is a separate distro, though one on which *ubuntu is based and has
> much in common. If you want it too, it's a separate install, and the same
> would apply as to Gutsy as an additional OS. It what you want is an
> experiment in other Linux distros, Debian isn't a whole lot different, so you
> may learn more about differences with Mandriva or SUSE or Fedora instead.
> These three, and many others, use rpm-based rather than deb-based packaging
> systems, and separate fundamental systems by runlevel rather than as the
> Debian systems dumping everything into runlevel 2. Level 2 is multiuser. 3
> adds networking. 5 adds X.
> 
> More on multibooting: http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/partitioningindex.html
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