From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   Adam wrote:   
   > Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >> Adam wrote:   
   >>> I've found that sometimes using the install DVD to do an "upgrade" to   
   >>> the same version fixes boot problems without clobbering anything that's   
   >>> already installed.   
   >>>   
   >> Did the upgrade from the DVD last night, and here I am back on MD2009.   
   >   
   > That's progress.   
   >   
   >> Now to fix my other problem.....thinks to self, other problem affected   
   >> the three installations I did after MD2009, with MD2011 being the last   
   >> of those three installation, so it "sort of" sounds reasonable, to me at   
   >> least, that its bootloader was last installed, so anything that effected   
   >> its bootloader would also have affected the others. Don't know why it   
   >> didn't affect the MD2009 bootloader, though!!   
   >   
   > Are all the Linux installs plus Windows all on the same HD?  Where did   
   > you install Mdv2009's bootloader to yesterday, the MBR (probably   
   > /dev/sda) or 2009's root partition (something like /dev/sda3 with a   
   > number at the end)?  Remember, the MBR can only hold the boot sector for   
   > one OS (whichever one you want).  For all the others, you'll need to   
   > install their boot sector on their root partitions, and make sure they   
   > have entries in the bootloader (e.g. GRUB) of whichever OS the MBR   
   > points to.   
   >   
   > Adam   
      
   Would you believe, as I was doing the MD2009 "update", for the first   
   time ever, on one of the screens I did notice that I'm asked where I   
   want to install the bootloader, which defaults to /dev/sda.   
      
   So all boot-loaders have gone to /dev/sda!   
      
   Yes, everything on one HD:-   
      
   sda1 = Windows 7 C:\ (60GB)   
   sda2 = D:\ (30GB)   
   sda3 = E:\ (20GB)   
   sda4 = Extended partition, which includes   
   sda5 = Swap (4GB)   
   sda6 = \ MD2009 (10GB)   
   sda7 = \Alt MD2010 (10GB)   
   sda8 = \Home (360GB)   
   sda9 = \MG2 (10GB)   
   sad10 = \MD2011 (10GB)   
      
   So, o.k., the next time I have to install any distro (tomorrow, maybe),   
   I should make note to install its boot sector in its own partition.   
      
   Daniel   
      
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