From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   In a separate thread ("Testing multiple distros on one drive"), several of   
   you observed that I really ought to   
   understand my bootloader. Searching my documentation and the web, I've   
   learned a lot but am still confused. So I'd appreciate your help and/or   
   useful URLs to help me understand:   
      
   * What files should be backed up in order to easily restore a broken or   
   overwritten bootloader (something that should already have been part of my   
   normal backup routine).   
      
   * The URL of a guide to manually editing the bootloader. Alternatively,   
   there might be common distro-agnostic tools to edit the bootloader   
   (Webmin, perhaps?).   
      
   My current distro is mdv2010.2, which I think uses Grub legacy (can anyone   
   confirm this?). I have grub 0.97 installed. Since I'm going to be   
   installing and testing non-Mandriva distros, I'm interested in learning   
   about bootloaders generally and not merely Mandriva-specific information.   
      
   So far I've found the following, which will probably become more useful to   
   me once I know what version of Grub I now have:   
      
   Grub legacy tutorial   
   http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub.html   
      
   Grub 2 tutorial   
   http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html   
      
   Ditto these manuals that Bit Twister kindly cited in the above-mentioned   
   thread:   
      
   Grub legacy manual   
   http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html   
      
   Grub 2 manual   
   http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-documentation.html   
      
   TIA,   
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   Warren Post   
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