[mythtv-users] MythTV and the ION

[Phil Linttell]

> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:58:46 -0400
> From: Michael Lynch<lynchmv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and the ION
>    
>> >  (BTW, for those installing an a USB stick....  pay particular attention to
>> >  the summary at the end and make sure it says that it's going to install the
>> >  grub boot loader to the stick.   I booted a laptop from a Live CD, and did
>> >  all the configuration/installation to the USB stick.... but failed to notice
>> >  that the installer defaulted the grub install to the laptops hard drive....
>> >  rewriting the boot loader for my Windows laptop.   That led to some
>> >  nail-biting and some pretty advanced magic to get the laptop working again
>> >  without having to re-install Windows.)
>>      
> So, does `fdisk /mbr` still do the magic in windows?
>    
This is getting a little off-topic, but I'll end the thread just by 
saying that it was a little more tricky in my case, as it was a work 
laptop and I didn't have the admin password.  With the USB stick 
inserted, the grub menu would appear and I could boot and login as a 
user under Windows.  I then had to do a registry hack to not require the 
admin password when booting from the XP install CD.  Then, I was able to 
boot the laptop from the install disk and do a fixmbr or whatever the 
command was.