RE: SP2 vs MBR????

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On 01-Sep-2004 Jack Howarth wrote:
>      Has anyone installed the Windows XP SP2 update on a dual boot
>  RedHat Linux/Windows XP box? Does the process of applying the SP2
>  update overwrite GRUB in the MBR?

No problems, no MBR or GRUB files detroyed.

>  I have some RedHat Linux machines
>  running dual boot with the Promise RAID drivers under both
>  RAID drivers under both Linux and Windows XP. So I am leary of
>  installing SP2 if it is going to nuke the GRUB in the MBR requiring
>  me to resort to the Linux rescue disk and Promise driver floppy
>  to reinstall GRUB. I would rather not go through that. Thanks in
>  advance for any information on this.
>                      Jack
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Joachim Backes

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