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

[Lance Brown]

Duh...

grub-install /dev/hda

if you are installing on the MBR on the first IDE hard drive in the
system.. Otherwise sub in the appropriate device name.

--[Lance]

Jianshuo Niu wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>--[Lance]
>>>
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>>
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