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On Monday 30 October 2006 18:11, james wrote: |
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> Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > you just have to rerun grub setup. |
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> Hmmmm, |
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> If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, |
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> then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the |
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> option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup? |
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Boot off a rescue or live cd and reinstall grub from that environment |
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> something like this for my previously shown setup?: |
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> grub> root (hd0,0) (Specify where your /boot partition resides) |
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> grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) |
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> grub> quit (Exit the GRUB shell) |
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> Do I run grub setup when XP is booted up? |
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This won't work - grub-install is a Linux program and it can't run under |
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XP |
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> Should I use a lived CD to boot up and fix grub? |
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Yes |
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> easy and painless is what I had in mind... |
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LiveCD is easy and painless. However you are reqauired to think and not |
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leave that step up to the machine as some other OS vendors would like |
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you to do :-) |
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> Not to mention any potential gotchas.... |
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If grub was previosuly successfully installed ont he machine there are |
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no gotchas worth mentioning |
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alan |
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> James |
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