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

[Jianshuo Niu]

This time I run grub-install successfully. However, my pc still did
boot to linux automatically.
Then, I run one more command as follows:
dd if=/dev/hadN of=/mnt/windowsdrive/bootsect.Inx bs=512 count=1

After that, it worked.


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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Jianshuo Niu