To restore the MBR, boot from the RH CD, then go into the /boot/grub directory and run:- Grub-install /dev/hd? (Which ever HDD the MBR is/was installed on) Wolf -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, 9 October 2003 3:43 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: win 2k install and grub This one time, at band camp, Justin Zygmont <jzygmont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > can you boot from the CD? your bios will have the only choices > available > to you, so you'll have to see what it lets you boot from. Yes, I can boot from CD, will redhat allow me to restore the mbr, from there? Or, alternatively, can I boot from the CD and do something like # linux root=/dev/sdb1 and, if I can get back to the file system, how do I restore the MBR to dual boot windows and redhat? Kind regards Kevin -- ______ (_____ \ _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list ###################################################################### Attention: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal www.marshalsoftware.com ###################################################################### -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
