On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:03:39 -0400 "Christopher Stamper" <christopherstamper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's kinda OT, but I really need some help and this is the most active forum > I know of. > > I've been running a dual-boot system: Ubuntu Studio and Window$ XP. Of > course, Windows needs reinstalled every month because of 'problems', so I > just finished a reinstall. > > The problem is, it re-wrote my MBR and put its dumb boot loader in. Now my > pc will only boot windows, because GRUB is no longer in the MBR. > > My drive looks like this: > > hd0,0: Windows > hd0,1: swap > hd0,2: Studio > > So I need to have GRUB in (hd0,0)'s MBR to boot. When I try "grub-install > /dev/sda0" it install grub. However, using the chainloader on (hd0,0) causes > grub to start *again *instead of windows, thus causing an endless loop. > > So I need to install it in the MBR without messing with the boot sector, I > think. (I've done the dos command fixmbr and fixboot, so now windows boots > and linux wont again.) > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! > > (I'm not at all worried about messing with my MBR) Get a copy of supergrub. It will search the partitions for a grub bootloader and invite you to repair it. ie. rewrite the MBR -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
