I have two questions about NeoGrub and can't find the answers on the Wiki -- but if I missed it, links will be fine. I see there's an option to install it from inside EasyBCD, but since my inclination is to ask, before checking 'all the boxes' I thought this is the best place.
1) Here is a quote from the LinuxMint forum on a problem with using a partition boot record in combination with GRUB2:
Is this problem resolved if we elect to install NeoGrub? Or, is it resolved in some other way, or does it remain unresolved (comments will be helpful and welcome)? And, if we do, am I correct in guessing that it completely substitutes for GRUB2, rather than working alongside it?
2) If I recall correctly (in version 2 stable -- don't know about the 'betas') installing NeoGrub is an option to be selected, and not something that happens automatically. For EasyBCD to run reliably and correctly, is it recommended that NeoGrub be installed -- or, should it make no difference?
1) Here is a quote from the LinuxMint forum on a problem with using a partition boot record in combination with GRUB2:
... running Grub in a PBR is not recommended by the grub designers. It is unreliable because the ext4 filesystem (unlike NTFS) does not provide enough space for a full grub. The concise grub it uses cannot read ext4 and so uses a fixed sector address to find it's core.img file that is in the /boot/grub partition. Over time, certain filesystem operations can cause the sector address of core.img to change and this will break grub and you won't be able to boot Mint.
Is this problem resolved if we elect to install NeoGrub? Or, is it resolved in some other way, or does it remain unresolved (comments will be helpful and welcome)? And, if we do, am I correct in guessing that it completely substitutes for GRUB2, rather than working alongside it?
2) If I recall correctly (in version 2 stable -- don't know about the 'betas') installing NeoGrub is an option to be selected, and not something that happens automatically. For EasyBCD to run reliably and correctly, is it recommended that NeoGrub be installed -- or, should it make no difference?