Re: Installing GRUB 2 on Windows only system

[Michael Evans]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Jacques van Langen
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> Hello,
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> I have no experience with grub and little experience with Linux, but would
> like to install GRUB 2 on a HD with Windows XP on the first partition and
> Windows 7 on the second partition. There is no Linux on the HD. To install
> it I use an Ubuntu 9.04 Live CD. I read the GNU GRUB 2 Manual, but there was
> too little information for me to succeed installing GRUB 2. My main problem
> is that I have not enough information on the meaning of the parameters from
> grub-setup –h, and grub-install –h, and if it is possible at all, to install
> GRUB 2 on a HD with no Linux.
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> I have the following questions,
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> ·        Where can I find an better explanation of the parameters and/or a
> better manual.
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> ·        Would it help to read the manual from GRUB Legacy or is GRUB 2
> completely different?
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> ·        I use apt-get to install GRUB 2. Does this work with a Live CD?
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> ·        Can you give me the sequence of commands that I should execute to
> install grub from I live CD on a Windows only system.
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> Any help would be appreciated,
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> Thanks Electuur.
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To be honest, if all you're doing is booting windows you may as well
just use the built in multi-boot support ntloader has already.  It
sounds like you just want something easy, and grub would not be 'easy'
if you never install linux.