Subj : Re: Getting started with XP/Debian dual boot (long)
To   : comp.os.linux
From : mjt
Date : Sat Jul 03 2004 01:30 am

Linux A. Wannabe wrote:

> 1.  The BIOS only seems to allow booting from drive 1, not drive 2. 
> So I think this means I need to put Grub on drive 1?

.... not necessarily. part of it will go into
the MBR, the rest on the the /boot partition

> 2.  I read that Grub must be stored within a Grub-supported partition
> type.  I don't think NTFS is Grub-supported.  So if Grub must indeed
> be on disk 1, does that mean I need a small partition (probably FAT?)
> at the start of drive 1?

how about a Linux-related partition/filesystem
for the /boot partition.

> 3.  I've read it's safest with Linux for a bootable partition to be in
> the 1st 1024 cylinders of a hard drive.  

... that was a restriction for older BIOS - this
should be a restriction with newer BIOSes 

> 4.  Assuming I want to repartition drive 1 to be 500 MB FAT at the
> start and the rest NTFS for XP

.... i wouldnt worry about it
..
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