On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 01:51:53PM -0400, Matt Morgan wrote: > Honestly, if it were me, I would just run the install, tell it to > install to that second disk, and let the installer update the MBR & grub > for me. It'll see the other OS on the other drive and try to handle it > for you, automatically. I know you're getting advice to do it other > ways, but I bet just letting the installer handle it will work. > > Once I had a problem and had to go fix grub myself. That was a while > ago, with a RH9 + Windows 98 dual-boot system. It wasn't the hardest > thing to do, even though I had never tried it before. If your current > install on disk1 is doing something really important, I would recommend > reading about grub config first, so you know what to expect, but there's > a very good chance the installer will just get it right. > I recommended installing no bootloader more as a failsafe. You're right that the installer will most likely get it right. I did the manual configuration of GRUB when I installed FC2 on a system with WinXP, because I didn't want to run into the dual boot bug. At the time I needed my Windows system. I guess if you let the installer update GRUB and it doesn't work, the worst that can happen is you'll have to edit /boot/grub.conf anyway. It's worth a shot if this isn't a critical system.
