Viboon Chaojirapant wrote:
> Hi fellow Linux users,
>
> How do I retain GRUB after re-installing Windows?
> It seems that everytime I re-install or upgrade
> Windows, it will overwrite my MBR and I will lose
> GRUB.
>
> My solution currently is to re-install Linux again
> so that it will install GRUB into MBR.
>
> My current configuration is this:
> OS: Win98SE in 1st HD
> Mandrake 7.2 in 2nd HD
>
> BTW, I know that if I want to remove GRUB, I only
> have to do "fdisk /mbr".
>
> Thanks in advance.
Viboon....when you install Linux you should be making a boot
(or rescue) floppy. When you've reinstalled windows and it
overwrites grub with its own bootloader (this cannot be
prevented) then you need to insert your linux boot floppy in
the floppy drive and boot your system (you might need to set
a preference in the CMOS bios settings to enable floppy
booting). You can then install grub with the install file in
/boot.
--
Alan
