Hi Pankaj, On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Vaibhav Kulkarni <netvaib...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Pankaj Kumar<pan...@glug4muz.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Initially on my system Windows Xp and Open SUSE 11 was installed. The > menu to > > switch between these two operating systems was appearing with the help of > > GRUB boot loader. Yesterday I reinstalled Windows Xp due to some problem > in > > it. Now GRUB is not appearing. So I am unable to boot into Open SUSE 11. > I > > know that Open SUSE 11 is still installed in one of the partition of my > hard > > disk. But as MBR has been overwritten by Windows Xp and so I am not able > to > > boot into Open SUSE 11. So please tell me how to recover GRUB on MBR? > > I have run into this situation several times and the recovery is quite > simple. All you need is a live CD to boot into some Linux. > > Assuming your root partition is /dev/sda5 and you do not have a > separate /boot partition, > > 1. Boot live CD > 2. On root prompt: > # mkdir /mnt/sda5 > # mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 I think mounting is not required since, writing an MBR is not a filesystem dependent task. `grub-install /dev/<boot/root partition name>` should do it. > # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/sda5 '(hd0)' > 3. Reboot. > I would recommend a read of the howtos and documentation available related to grub and bootloaders. That will help you to backup and restore your bootloader and understand things better. My 2 cents... CMIIW. -Pranav http://pranavsbrain.peshwe.com _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
