Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-11-01 Thread Mark Shields
On 10/30/06, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup? Run it from the live CD.Ok here's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-11-01 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 18:05, Régis Décamps wrote: On 10/30/06, james [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allan Spagnol Comar allan.comar at gmail.com writes: you just have to rerun grub setup. H, If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, then, upon reboot, how do I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-11-01 Thread Eric Bohn
You can also backup and and restore the MBR using the Linux dd program available on the Gentoo LiveCD. From http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/saw27/notes/backup-hard-disk-partitions.html : dd if=/dev/hda of=backup-of-hda-mbr count=1 bs=512 This stores the first 512 bytes of the disk

[gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-10-30 Thread james
Allan Spagnol Comar allan.comar at gmail.com writes: you just have to rerun grub setup. H, If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup? something like this for my

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-10-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 30 October 2006 18:11, james wrote: Allan Spagnol Comar allan.comar at gmail.com writes: you just have to rerun grub setup. H, If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the option to reboot the gentoo,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-10-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:11:39 + (UTC), james wrote: If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup? Run it from the live CD. -- Neil Bothwick What is a free gift ?

[gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?

2006-10-30 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup? Run it from the live CD. Ok here's what I did in case anyone else has to