This time I run grub-install successfully. However, my pc still did boot to linux automatically. Then, I run one more command as follows: dd if=/dev/hadN of=/mnt/windowsdrive/bootsect.Inx bs=512 count=1
After that, it worked. Joshua On 8/1/05, Lance Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jianshuo Niu wrote: > > Hi! There: > > > > I had a dual system( FC2 and Windows home) on my dell laptop. Last > > week, I upgraded Window XP Home to WIndows XP Pro. Now I lost my boot > > mananger for the linux partition. Before I installed WIndow XP Pro, I > > formated windows parition to have a clean install. > > > > This morning, I tried to install the linux boot manger with FC3 DVD, > > but I failed. > > If anyone knows how to fix this problem, please let me know at your > > earliest convenience. > > Greetings, > > I would use any of the several very good LiveCD distros (Knoppix, etc.) > or a system rescue cd, such as http://www.sysresccd.org/ to boot the > machine and re-install the linux boot manager. > > I've reinstalled the GRUB boot manager using sysresccd by: > > 1. Boot system rescue CD > 2. mkdir /mnt/root > 3. mount /dev/hdaX /mnt/root, where X is your linux partition > 4. chroot /mnt/root > 5. grub-install > > That should put the boot manager back on. > > --[Lance] > > -- > Celebrate The Circle http://www.celebratethecircle.org/ > Carolina Spirit Quest http://www.carolinaspiritquest.org/ > My LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/users/labrown/ > GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 > CACert.org Assurer > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Jianshuo Niu -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
