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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Dale [mailto:dalek@××××××××××.net] |
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> Sent: 25 January 2006 06:24 |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup |
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> If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run |
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> fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out |
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> of a friends |
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> computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now |
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> windoze XP |
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> boots up like Linux was never there. I'm not sure if you can do that |
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> from the win XP CD or not though. I'm not a windoze person. I don't |
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> have and never had windoze, ever. |
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The command fixmbr ran with the WinXP installation CD will reinstall the |
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M$Windoze boot code in the MBR. Similarly the command fixboot will |
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rewrite the partition boot sector if by mistake Grub was installed in |
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the WinXP partition boot sector instead of the MBR. A lot of people |
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unnecessarily reinstall M$Windoze when either of these two little tips |
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could save the day. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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