RH 9 dual boot problem

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 09:49 4/13/2004, you wrote:
>boot from thelinux cd and try to upgrade any kernel package. You should 
>find an option to fiddle with the boot loader for it to give you an option 
>for the dual boot.

Huh? No!

Please post responses AT THE BOTTOM of a post. If you post an answer above 
a question, people have to read bottom-to-top which is a pain in the ass. 
Also, please avoid giving answers which are definitively wrong.

>________________________________
>From: Billy Davis [mailto:bdavis at cds-corp.com]
>Sent: Mon 4/12/2004 11:36 AM
>To: redhat-list at redhat.com
>Subject: RH 9 dual boot problem
>
>I am trying to set up a dual boot RH 9 workstation.  I made the
>mistake of loading RH 9 first, and then loading Windows XP.
>Now, Windows ALWAYS boots, and I can only get RH to
>run by booting from a floppy.  When I installed RH, I set GRUB
>up to allow either Windows or RH to be selected, but Windows
>must have overwritten the MBR.  Is there an easy way to restore
>the RH boot record back into the MBR, other than reloading
>RH again??

You are correct, Windows overwrites the MBR without asking. Sorry I do not 
have the time right now to provide a detailed answer, but at least a 
general guide:

         1. Boot from the Red Hat Linux CD's with "linux rescue" at the 
boot prompt. Once the rescue disk functionality boots up, you will be able 
to access your normal Linux partitions by mounting them (I believe you can 
find them in /mnt/sysimage).

         2. Mount the /boot partition, or the / partition if you do not 
have one.

         3. Run "grub-install /dev/hda" (assuming hda is the right drive, 
of course).

Done.

Please search the Red Hat site or Google for better, more detailed 
instructions than this... I am in a hurry and there may be something wrong 
there. Search for "reinstall grub" or something like that. But it *is* an 
easy process, with no tweaking or kernel hacking necessary.

Cheers,


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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