On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> My machine has the Lindows(linspire) linux system as well
> as debian sarge. I was booting through the Grub menu that
> Sarge setup and had CHmodded the jiffyboot program in Lindows
> to prevent it writing to the MBR, which it does every time it
> is rebooting. Somehow, however it did do it and so I now have
> a Lilo boot for lindows only. My Sarge install is intact but
> I can't get at it.
>
> Is there a way to boot into Lindows, chroot to Sarge and rerun
> the Grub MBR write so that I can get my Grub menu back? (If
> there is please provide clear instructions :) I'm a noob!!
assuming you're booting something ... even if its the lindows
trying to boot ..
if you have a boot floppy .. stick it in ..
if you wanna just erase what's in the mbr
root# fdisk /mbr
( now it wont boot anything from hard disk,
( so hopefully you have a fd or knoppix cd or any other
( install cd or floppy or hd
at the lilo or grub prompt, tell it to boot into "debian" (hda999)
lilo: root=/dev/hda999
root# grub-install /dev/hda
- or if its grub ... you have to tell grub the same thing to boot
a different partition
type "root=/dev/hda999" at the grub prompt
or hit "e" for edit, than add "root=/dev/hda999" at the
end of the line
hit "b" to boot it into debian
than
root# grub-install /dev/hda
if you wanna do things the harder way ... there's a dozen ways
to skin the cat
c ya
alvin
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