[TriLUG] Re: Laptop installation question

[Lance A. Brown]

I don't recall which model laptop this thread is about, but I'd like to
insert a caveat on this for late model Thinkpads.  Overwriting the MBR
on these will disable access to the POST-time diagnostics, utilities,
and restore partition. :-(  I ended up downloading a small utility
program to help me set up the windows boot loader to boot either WinXP
or Linux on my T43.

IBM/Lenovo is using an extended boot record to handle their
diagnostics/recovery stuff.

--[Lance]

Dave Sorenson wrote:
> The easiest way to handle his is to let grub install to the boot
> partition and let it handle loading windows. Windows boot loader is a
> PITA to get to work right with other OS's. When grub boots you will have
> a few seconds to hit enter to see a selection menu. From there you can
> choose Linux or windows to boot.

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