[GLLUG] Grub vs NTLDR

[Alec Warner]

Benjamin Cathey wrote:
> Okay - Dual boot question.
> 
> I have set up a few dual boot systems in my past.  One Slackware, one RH9 and one Debian.  
> 
> At ONE point I had a real problem with GRUB and XP (XP wouldn't boot anymore.)  Anyway, the way I have it set up now my system uses the NTLDR (had to copy blah blah you guys know the drill, right?)  This seemed like a pain in the butt.
> 
> Now I am considering reinstalling linux on this machine (it's a Thinkpad T42, btw) and wanted some opinions on which way to go with this.
> 
> Has anyone experienced freakouts when using grub and XP Pro?
> 
> Thanks,

Nope

In the end I prefer grub because even if for some reason the defaults 
fail there is a friendly grub shell I can fall back to without rebooting 
  or using a liveCD.  If I can't get it to boot from the grub shell then 
something is seriously wrong ;)