[nflug] Re: nflug Digest, Vol 29, Issue 8

[Joe]

Andrew Long wrote:
> https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/ : a very nice win-compatible
> version of grub bootloader. Installing it
> will not overwrite your mbr. Read the docs for very easy config.
>
> - Andrew
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:43:39 -0500
>> From: Joe <josephj at main.nc.us>
>> Subject: [nflug] Getting my old Windows MBR back on my dual boot
>>         notebook
>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>> Message-ID: <47AF7E1B.6060109 at main.nc.us>
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>> I just read an article about installing Linux and grub without trashing
>> the windows mbr (as I did when I installed over a year ago).
>>
>> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/05/08/dual-boot-laptop.html?page=3
>>
>> When I did the install, something (I'm guessing it was in the MBR)
>> killed my two fancy buttons for quick launch of DVD and Quicktime
>> players.  These buttons no longer work even under XP (dual boot) and
>> don't even show up as key presses under Linux (with xev).
>>
>> My computer comes with a restore partition, etc. and no software CD's
>> (although I have some backup CD's I made somewhere).
>>
>> Is there any way to get the MBR and whatever else was destroyed back
>> without doing a windows restore which will almost certainly wipe out all
>> of Linux and all of my windows customizations and additional
>> applications installs while putting back all sorts of junk I had to
>> manually delete?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Joe
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I downloaded this and looked at it.  I couldn't find an actual doc
file.  I did find a note that no English doc file exists!

Where are the docs?

I am unclear what this does once I install it.  Does it do the same
thing as grub and offer me a boot up menu each time I boot?  That's what
I want.

Joe