how to reinstall grub after windows instln
 

hi all,
I had a dual boot system - windows in primary active /dev/sda1 and fedora in /dev/sda5 onwards till /dev/sda7 ( /boot, / and swap partitions).
I reinstalled windows vista and it removed grub and replaced it with the MBR or windows loader.So now I can't boot into the linux OS.
I tried out a live cd and tried
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/_boot /dev/sda
(after mounting /boot partition at /mnt/_boot location from the live cd.)
But on reboot I donot get the menu.lst options, only the black screen with a grub prompt.
Can someone help me how to reinstate the grub loader from the /boot partition i.e /dev/sda5.
thanks in advance
nishtih

In the black grub prompt,

Go on typing:

You will get a system response like “(hd0,4)” or "(hd0,5)” something like this

The final command let you exit the grub shell:

grub> quit

Now reboot the system and remove the bootable live media.

Or you can run into rescue mode from the fedora cd,

then in the command mode

thanks
the fedora cd stuff worked like a charm
bye
nishith