[TriLUG] Re: FC2 and WIndow xp dual system problem

[Jianshuo Niu]

After I run to the last step : grub-install, I got the following message:
install_device not specified

Joshua

On 8/1/05, Jianshuo Niu <jjmniu at gmail.com> wrote:
> the boot manager is Grub. I am trying Lance's solution at this time...
> 
> Joshua
> 
> On 8/1/05, Lance Brown <lance at bearcircle.net> wrote:
> > Jianshuo Niu wrote:
> > > Hi! There:
> > >
> > > I had a dual system( FC2 and Windows home) on my dell laptop. Last
> > > week, I upgraded Window XP Home to WIndows XP Pro. Now I lost my boot
> > > mananger for the linux partition. Before I installed WIndow XP Pro, I
> > > formated windows parition to have  a clean install.
> > >
> > > This morning, I tried to install the linux boot manger with FC3 DVD,
> > > but I failed.
> > > If anyone knows how to fix this problem, please let me know at your
> > > earliest convenience.
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I would use any of the several very good LiveCD distros (Knoppix, etc.)
> > or a system rescue cd, such as http://www.sysresccd.org/ to boot the
> > machine and re-install the linux boot manager.
> >
> > I've reinstalled the GRUB boot manager using sysresccd by:
> >
> > 1.  Boot system rescue CD
> > 2.  mkdir /mnt/root
> > 3.  mount /dev/hdaX /mnt/root, where X is your linux partition
> > 4.  chroot /mnt/root
> > 5.  grub-install
> >
> > That should put the boot manager back on.
> >
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