Thread: Installing GRUB after removing HDD
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Old 03-Jul-2009, 20:58
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Default Re: Installing GRUB after removing HDD
Just tried it this evening and nothing. Same error about GRUB being over the maximum number of cylinders on the HDD. What exactly is the MBR? Is it a special spot with space set aside?

I'm thinking when I run the grub-install it must be doing something to the MBR because the windows boot loader is no longer there. I get the error instead of windows starting right up. But something must also be going on elsewhere on the HDD if the error is about being above a max cylinder.
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