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    Install Grub2 without having to download a huge distro?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by moral hazard, Nov 28, 2009.

  1. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hi,

    I would like to install grub2, but I dont want to have to download a linux distro (would be a waste of bandwidth and time).

    Is there any way to do it?

    BTW I currently use win xp if it makes a difference.

    Thanks :)
     
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    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    So you want to use GRUB to boot XP? I'm not sure I follow that logic. I can see it if you dual boot linux and XP.. Maybe I'm not understanding correctly..
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 30, 2009
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    Presumably this is to add grub2 bootloader overclocking. I've asked Uncle Joe about this to which he has replied:

    I am waiting for more information..
     
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    Very interesting stuff, nando, thanks for sharing that.

    I'd imagine a quick jaunt over to one of the linux forums could answer this question. I'm not going to be the one to ask though, I don't want to read through 4 pages of "Why would you do that, Windows sucks!" posts to get to the answer. :)
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Thanks for the replies, but since I made this thread I've decided it's worth having linux installed. I will download the distro and install it.
     
    moral hazard, Dec 1, 2009
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