Am Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012 schrieb Brian: > On Sun 26 Feb 2012 at 13:34:12 -0430, Gustavo J Mata wrote: > > I recently installed Debian on a new hard disk. Although I rarely used > Windows I kept a 20 Gb partition to +install it, just in case. > > I've found out that if I do install Windows, I won't be able to boot > Debian. Although it appears that this +can be fixed, I want to make sure > I know what I'm doing before risking having to start all over again. > > Any hints? > > Have you got a USB stick handy? Using fdisk make a Linux primary > partition on it, or part of it. Format the partiton ext2 (mkfs.ext2). > > Mount the partition you have created: > > mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > > Install GRUB to the MBR of the stick: > > grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sdb > > This will create /boot/grub on the stick and put GRUB's files there. > > Copy /boot/grub/grub.cfg to /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg. Boot from the USB > stick. Can you get into your expected Debian? > > The sdb is on my machine (not yours) and I'm using testing. I'm unsure > whether --boot-directory is --root-directory on Squeeze. Read the manual > for this. > > I've no idea what Windows does when it installs but if it leaves the > other partitions undisturbed you should be able to get Debian running > and put GRUB back on the hard disk's
Hi Gustavo, in this case I am using R.I.P. (Rescue is Possible), which is a livefile-CD for those purposes. Also you can use the debian installer CD in rescue mode as well, but my tries did not succeed with it (just because I was not quite experienced with it). RIP includes a detailed manual, how to restore grub on the drive again. Just google for RIP, it is free and open source. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201202262057.13768.hans.ullr...@loop.de