[Gllug] XP - Linux dual boot

[Doug Winter]

On Fri 03 Oct Tethys wrote:
> Nope. Windows will only overwrite your boot loader if you install it
> in the MBR. Which isn't a good idea anyway. Quite why distributions
> default to it is beyond me. Installing in the boot partition is a
> far better idea.

So if Windows writes it's boot loader into the MBR, and your linux boot
loader is in your boot partition, what happens?  I happily admit to lack
of clue on this, since I very rarely dual boot machines :)

doug.

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