> The problem I face is that when they re-installed XP it fried the Grub boot
> loader and my system no longer dual boots.
>
> How do I reload Grub / access my Linux? is it hit F2 on startup?
Ignore Nick's good advice for now and take that later. Try in this
order:
1) Insert SuSE disk 1, select "boot from hard disk" from the boot menu.
This may bypass the MBR. If it boots into your Linux, go into yast and
reinstall boot loader.
2) As 1), but also specify the partition containing the root filesystem
(and hopefully /boot) on the boot prompt command line, like root=0x300.
It's a hex number, the 3 is primary master IDE disk and the last digit
is the partition number. Reinstall boot loader if it boots.
3) Boot from SuSE disk 1 but select "rescue system". You then have to
fix it up on the command line, and I'd do something like
mount /dev/hda?? /mnt # mount your root filesystem
chroot /bin/bash /mnt # make hard disk top-level
mount /proc # you need the proc fs!!
yast # text-based yast to reinstall boot loader
# (be thankful for full power of yast even without graphics...)
umount /proc # unmount in reverse
exit # back to rescue system as top level
umount /mnt
reboot
4) Follow Nick's advice
Volker
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