Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Kai Schaetzl Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:32 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed

Instead of using grub-install you can backup the mbr before the installation and then restore it afterwards. You can easily get bad results from that if you mistype, though.

Generally speaking, which one is the easiest and/or safest if time is an issue and you want to things fast and streamlined doing this, grub-install or backup and restore MBR. That is assuming I don't screw up when I do either and mistype or something.

Or are both things different sides of the same coin kinda' thing?