[TriLUG] Next Generation...

[Darrell Sandiford]

Thanks. Actually, XP was smart enough to see the full disk so I was able 
to create my desired partitions.  I did however make one mistake. I got 
my dual boot system up and running (RH9\XP) just fine, but then I 
decided to take the remaining partition space and format it to a FAT32
partition so that both OS's could see and use it, so I rebooted my 
machine, put in the XP boot install disk, formatted  the partition to 
FAT32, stopped the XP install before it could start, restarted my system 
and now it will only boot into XP which means the Grub configuration has 
changed. Outside of reinstalling, (upgrade nor rescue won't work) is 
there a way around this so that I can get the system to boot using Grub
and have my OS options displayed again? THxs,

D-


nroskam at rr.nc.com wrote:
> Use a windows 98 boot disk and fdisk to delete partitions.  Also run
> fdisk /mbr to remove grub.  I would create a partion with fdisk and then
> allow windows xp to convert to ntfs during the install.  RH9 and grub
> can handle the install after xp is setup.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf
> Of Darrell Sandiford
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:42 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] Next Generation...
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just recently had fun going from RedHat 8.0 to 9.0. Getting the ISO's 
> was a pain, but once I got the disc made, installation was a snap. NOW, 
> I would like to take this RH9 system and make it a dual boot system with
> RH9 and windows XP. Is there a was to completely fdisk, remove, get rid 
> of the RH9 install, (including the Grub app.) start over with a cleared 
> & clean hard disk and do the dual boot installation?, Again, the main 
> thing that I want to get past is clearing out the hard drive so I can 
> split\partition it down the middle and install my OS's. Thanks.
> 
> D-
> 
> 
> 
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