CentOS - May 2008 - Curiosity when installing CentOS 5.1 in addition to W98 & WXP

I got half way through an installation of CentOS on a box that has
Window$ 98 in the first partition and Window$ XP in the second, where
CentOS was designated for partitions 3 (/boot - 128MB) and 4 (/) and
had some strange results.

During the install, I changed the default OS to boot to Window$
(because I rarely use this machine, but others who don't have a clue
use Wxx), but then while the packages were downloading, I left the
machine alone.  When I came back, it had rebooted to the DVD, so I
pulled it out and rebooted again.

It came up in the Windows boot selection screen (W98 or WXP), and
never stopped at grub.

Should I not have set it to go to Windows by default, or is this
something different?

Thanks.

mhr

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I got half way through an installation of CentOS on a box that has
>  Window$ 98 in the first partition and Window$ XP in the second, where
>  CentOS was designated for partitions 3 (/boot - 128MB) and 4 (/) and
>  had some strange results.
>
>  During the install, I changed the default OS to boot to Window$
>  (because I rarely use this machine, but others who don't have a clue
>  use Wxx), but then while the packages were downloading, I left the
>  machine alone.  When I came back, it had rebooted to the DVD, so I
>  pulled it out and rebooted again.
>
>  It came up in the Windows boot selection screen (W98 or WXP), and
>  never stopped at grub.
>
>  Should I not have set it to go to Windows by default, or is this
>  something different?
Did you tell grub to write to the MBR, or to the partition where you
installed CentOS?

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on 5-12-2008 10:17 AM MHR spake the following:
> I got half way through an installation of CentOS on a box that has
> Window$ 98 in the first partition and Window$ XP in the second, where
> CentOS was designated for partitions 3 (/boot - 128MB) and 4 (/) and
> had some strange results.
> 
> During the install, I changed the default OS to boot to Window$
> (because I rarely use this machine, but others who don't have a clue
> use Wxx), but then while the packages were downloading, I left the
> machine alone.  When I came back, it had rebooted to the DVD, so I
> pulled it out and rebooted again.
> 
> It came up in the Windows boot selection screen (W98 or WXP), and
> never stopped at grub.
> 
> Should I not have set it to go to Windows by default, or is this
> something different?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> mhr
It might not have finished the install, and something made it reboot before it 
  had written the grub records.

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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>
wrote:
> on 5-12-2008 10:17 AM MHR spake the following:
>
>  It might not have finished the install, and something made it reboot
before
> it  had written the grub records.
>
I figure I'll just start over and sit there to watch while I read a
book or something.  (sigh)

Thanks.

mhr