Using GRUB2 to access/change GRUB legacy partitions

[Philip Rhoades <phil@pricom.com.au>]

People,

I have a Gateway LT30 netbook that I am using for on the road that does 
everything I want:

- WiFi

- Broadband Wireless

with Fedora 13 - except:

- sound input is a problem (maybe it is a faulty microphone but I am not 
sure

- F13 is a bit slow on this little computer

so I have been checking out LOTS of the other distros.  F13 uses GRUB 
legacy.  Most of the other distros have a problem either installing or 
actually running and some use GRUB2.  GRUB2 imports all the setup stuff 
I have for GRUB legacy on F13 (/dev/sda1) but if I want to simply delete 
the new distro from it's partition and go back to F13 with GRUB legacy, 
I have to boot on an F13 Live CD and run GRUB from a shell to reset the 
system to boot from the /dev/sda1 (hd0,0) partition.  After doing this a 
lot I am wondering if there isn't an easier way of doing it?  Shouldn't 
I be able to restore the original setup from the newly installed distro 
running GRUB2?  (I have Googled and looked through the GRUB mail archives).

Thanks,

Phil.
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Philip Rhoades

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E-mail:  phil@pricom.com.au