Install Linux Without Touching Mbr
Install Linux as normal. Some distribution allow you to create a boot floppy, so look for it. If you machine does not have a floppy drive, you maybe able to use your installation CD as rescue disc, or may need to download a separate rescue disc from your distribution. Anyway, boot using a rescue disc, and create a grub bootable CD:
1. Download grub.iso
2. Mount the iso somewhere
3. Copy the 'iso' directory to /root
4. cd /root
5. edit iso/boot/grub/menu.lst (this is the tricky part, and outside the scope of this document for now)
6. mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o grub.iso iso
7. sftp newgrub.iso to a machine where CD / DVD burner is available
8. Burn the new iso using ImgBurn or another burner
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