krasnit
May 4th, 2010, 02:28 AM
I installed Windows 7, Vista, Hackintosh, and Ubuntu 9 on separate hard drives, and with only the specific install hard drive connected during install. In other words, there was no boot manager on any of the drives once all were connected to the computer. I would use the BIOS to select the drive to boot up.
Well folks, I booted the Ubuntu drive this evening, something I did only once before a few months ago to see what Ubuntu was all about. When I left Ubuntu this evening and went back to boot up another drive, the Grub boot loader was everywhere. Windows 7 and Vista start OK, but not my Hackintosh which will not boot at all. I can fix the mbr on Win 7 and Vista, but Hackintosh has to be re-installed it seems, and that was not an easy thing to get configured.
The Grub installed itself just by booting up Ubuntu. Is there any way to prevent Ubuntu from doing this?
If not, sorry folks, but I must consider Ubuntu nothing more than a glorified virus that messes up all my hard drives, and it will be gone... forever.
Well folks, I booted the Ubuntu drive this evening, something I did only once before a few months ago to see what Ubuntu was all about. When I left Ubuntu this evening and went back to boot up another drive, the Grub boot loader was everywhere. Windows 7 and Vista start OK, but not my Hackintosh which will not boot at all. I can fix the mbr on Win 7 and Vista, but Hackintosh has to be re-installed it seems, and that was not an easy thing to get configured.
The Grub installed itself just by booting up Ubuntu. Is there any way to prevent Ubuntu from doing this?
If not, sorry folks, but I must consider Ubuntu nothing more than a glorified virus that messes up all my hard drives, and it will be gone... forever.