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Using 3rd party bootloader

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ARJOT SINGH Original post #1
May 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM
Hey guys
I m going to install linux mint 9 on my external usb hdd along with win 7 ultimate and win xp sp3. Now the grub bootloader works very slowly for me. I have searched for 3rd party bootloaders and found easy bcd & gag bootloader. What do u guys say is the best of the two?
How can I configure them according to my needs?
Please help
Any other suggestions are also welcome.
Thanks in advance.
celldweller1591
celldweller1591 #2
May 22, 2010 at 3:27 PM
Grub2 Slow ? in what sense are you talking about ? Easy BCD is not bootloader. It is a program that is used to configure and tweak actual bootloaders in case of bootloader conflicts. GAG is a chainloader and it requires a kernel loader to be installed in the superblock of each bootable partition to handle the different filesystems or kernels but it is difficult to install grub in superblock partition. It can be done by "sudo grub-install /dev/sdx" but i cant be sure if it will work. However in easybcd it is easy as chainloader creates a bootloader image of grub on the local drive & boots from there.
However i would recommend you to use Auto-super-grub-disk in case of bootloader failures. Its the best choice. Install it in a PD and boot, it will show you all your installed bootlaoders and then you can choose from there.