I can confirm that Ubuntu and OpenSuse install "out of the box" with grub boot loader. However, I have not yet found a way to go back to a single Windows OS (removing Grub and Linux) afterwards without reformatting and reinstalling Windows. Using a bootable USB device to test it out seems like a good idea to me.
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IIRC, you have to be a little bit careful with an USB drive.Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
If you don't put the boot loader on the hard drive (i.e. put everything on the USB drive), then you end up with a machine that can only boot when the external drive is plugged in!!
Sadly, I speak from experience
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Wow, that's a pitfall worth avoiding!Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostIIRC, you have to be a little bit careful with an USB drive.
If you don't put the boot loader on the hard drive (i.e. put everything on the USB drive), then you end up with a machine that can only boot when the external drive is plugged in!!
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There must be a way of fixing that without reinstalling the OS?Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostIIRC, you have to be a little bit careful with an USB drive.
If you don't put the boot loader on the hard drive (i.e. put everything on the USB drive), then you end up with a machine that can only boot when the external drive is plugged in!!
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I'm sure there is.Originally posted by pmeswani View Post
Since my installation of eBusiness Suite failed on the unsupported version of SUSE I was using, I gave up and installed it on Windows instead.Comment
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I _think_ you can boot from the XP CD and perform a repair on your Install. Select to go to the cmd line and type help for a list of commands. Something like fixmbr and fixboot should fix it.
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