> W7 does not mangle the mbr any longer. After install, go to debian and run > update-grub to get a bootable W7. > Thierry > > This is incorrect.
Win 7 will definitely wipe out GRUB. There are several ways to restore GRUB. It really depends on how one configured his setup. I had the following configuration: sda1 - win7 sda2 - /boot sda3 - LVM on top of LUKS partition - (separate LVs for /, /home, and SWAP) sda5 - FAT32 to restore GRUB I used the Debian DVD installer disk. choose: Advanced options > rescue mode or Graphical rescue mode > >From the "Debian installer main menu" choose "enter rescue mode" then it prompted me for my passphrase for sda3 then it listed all the partitions/LVs/LUKS partitions and asked me to choose the root file system selected the LV with / then selected execute a shell in root filesystem this is where I got confused. I did not mount /boot as it was on a separate partition and was getting errors. Mounting sda2 at /boot fixed the issue. the following two commands were the only ones I had to execute to get back GRUB. mount /dev/sda2 /boot grub-install /dev/sda all done. rebooted and everything was back to normal. I hope this helps anyone with the same issue. -- Kind regards, Yudi
