On 2/27/06, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Using the Windows boot loader is the old way from Lilo days. There is > not problem double booting FC4 with Windows (XP or 2000) using grub. I > have done this on three of my machines. But the grub must be applied > after the Windows is installed. Not sure what the subjective phrase "the old way" means, but this is merely chainloading, which is still commonly used. If grub has never failed for you, then good for you. However it has for me and for others (multiple FC installs, multiple dual-boot machines). Using NTLDR is a very safe alternative to being potentially locked out of *both* windows *and* linux. (Been doing this since I had NT4) The MBR doesn't need to be constantly overwritten, this is a common source of problems (for me at least). If you have multiple Windows or Linux distributions installed, you can have 1 corresponding entry in the boot.ini for each bootable partition. This needs to be setup only once, and never really needs to be touched. You can preserve and test multiple grub or lilo installs from multiple distributions by installing a bootloader to the first sector of the bootable partition, as I do. (all Fedora installers have provided this option) Entirely optional, but highly recommended for anyone with reservations about possibly interfering with their windows xp or 2000 boot. Mauriat
