Installing Grub
 

I just reinstalled WindowsXP and it decided that I only needed its boot loader :tisk: ... so grub is now gone.

I'm wondering if there is any way to install grub in the MBR again without using a floppy (my floppy drive is currently not working).

I can access my redhat install using the rescue option on the install CD, so I have all the tools I need, but the info and man pages for Grub aren't as clear as they could be.

Help

if you just boot to your rescue mode and run "grub" it should put you into a grub shell, then just a case of

grub> root (hd0,0) // Your boot partition - hda1 here
grub> setup (hd0) // Where the boot record is - MBR
grub> quit

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml gives some extra useful details.

That doesn't seem to do the trick. I've gotten Lilo working, and it's properly boots both OS'. I think I'll just have to put up with the ugly startup screen until I figure something out.

Thanks

I think you can use a boot disk to boot into linux then simply run grub-install and provided that your linux partition is intact it should simply work again