Rescue-and-Recovery partition on new Thinkpad

[Daniel Wayne Armstrong]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Daniel Wayne Armstrong wrote:
>>
>> Good point. Maybe I should preserve the ability to return the machine
>> to "factory default" in case it needs servicing. Don't like the idea
>> of leaving Windows junk in the MBR, though.
>>
>>
>
> I thought with Grub, only Grub used the MBR.

The first link in my original post makes reference to using the
Windows/Lenovo MBR on the Thinkpad to boot to a partition where GRUB
is installed... but it sounds messy and sub-optimal.

In the past I have always installed GRUB to the MBR.

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