seaken64
Thank you all for your replies. This is disappointing. One of the reasons I decided to install Antix was the frugal install option. I have used Puppy Linux in the past, and came to love the idea of a frugal install. Puppy always included Grub4Dos when installing. Unfortunately, the current crop of puppies doesn’t serve my current needs.
I’m going to have to consider what I really want to achieve. Windows is not really needed, but it happened to already be locate on that computer. I suppose I could replace it with another linux (just to get a bootloader installed). Otherwise, does anyone know a way to manually install grub2 from inside antix?
Is there enough room on the hard rive to partition for an antiX install and keep Windows where it is? I do this a lot on old XP or Vista systems. I’ll run Gparted from the live antiX and shrink the Windows and leave anywhere from 5 to 20 gig for antiX depending on the size of the drive. I then start Windows and let it check the disk and re-set it’s disk table information. Sometimes it will be necessary to repair the Windows but usually it is not needed. Once antiX is installed it will write the grub to launch Windows. I know you wanted a frugal install but this is the way I do it to get both Windows and antiX to boot from grub.
You may be able to use the Windows boot loader but it is harder to accomplish for me. Or just use a boot CD.
Seaken64