RH 9 dual boot problem

[Mathur, Sachin (UMKC-Student)]

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From: Rodolfo J. Paiz [mailto:rpaiz at simpaticus.com]
Sent: Tue 4/13/2004 11:19 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: RE: RH 9 dual boot problem



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,

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz at simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com



Thanks for informing me about the etiquette to be followed when replying to posts. Your approach to the dual boot problem is much better than mine.

And as far as giving wrong answeres, I've tried it out on my machine and it worked. It would be worthwhile for you to try it out before judging them as "definitely wrong".

Sachin.


 

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