On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:13:54PM -0700, Bud Curtis wrote: > I made the huge mistake of testing a Windows 2K System Install Boot CD on my > Redhat system. I thought the CD wouldn't write anything until I said > proceed with the install. Evidently it messed up my boot sector. Everytime > I attempt to boot up from the hard drive, I get the following message: > > DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER > > If I boot up with my Linux floppy, then the system comes up fine. > > Is there any way to repair the boot sector? There sure is! I didn't do an extensive search, but this seems to be address your issue: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19999 What you basically have to do is boot into your rescue mode and re-run grub-install. The details around this are in the howto at the link above. RHCE's can do this in their sleep but documenting all the little gotchas along the way is the tough part. The howto at a quick glance seems pretty good. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
