Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] grub is gone
are you sure that Windows 7 hasn't just set the active partition to be itself? you might well be able to get the system to boot with a http://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/ cdrom, or setting the active partition with something that isn't windows ... Jon On 27 November 2013 14:52, Francois Dion francois.d...@gmail.com wrote: I have multi boot OI and win7 and it has been working great for over a year. Not sure exactly how that happened but it appears that windows decided to overwrite my bootloader. How do I restore it? ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] grub is gone
Hi If windows 7 is using the old fashioned boot loader just dd off the first 512 bytes of a *nix disk, place the file in the root of the windows partition and put an entry pointing to it in the boot.ini file, then you can use the windows boot loader to boot into a different os. I know this is not much use to you but I find it a useful backup for when you have to reinstall windows on a multi boot machine. Cheers Mark *** This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its content. *** *** This email has been checked for known viruses. *** ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] grub is gone
You sir are a lifesaver. That's all it was. Kind of scary, still. Thanks, Francois On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Jonathan Adams t12nsloo...@gmail.comwrote: are you sure that Windows 7 hasn't just set the active partition to be itself? you might well be able to get the system to boot with a http://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/ cdrom, or setting the active partition with something that isn't windows ... Jon ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
