Hi

I currently reinstalled my windows xp, but it loads directly into win xp without going thru the dual boot menu. How can I get it back?

Thank you!

Boot linux with a cdrom or startup disk and reinstall your boot loader.

>Boot linux with a cdrom or startup disk and reinstall your boot loader.

... and be prepared to tinker a little more. I had to switch from Mandrake's default "LILO" bootloader to "GRUB", in order to get WindowsXP back after this recommended fix.

That is even better :P but not really necessary.

Hi

Thanks for the replies, but I'm a linux newbie, and how can I reinstall the boot loader in RedHat?

If you are using redhat 9.0, you need to do the following:

Restart with installation disk 1

When the screen comes up asking whether you want
a graphical or text install, type linux rescue

It will search and mount your current filesystem on
/mnt/sysimage

command : chroot /mnt/sysimage

This changes your root to the mount point of your
previous install. then you just do

/sbin/grub-install

You might want to check /etc/grub.conf to make
sure that both OS's are listed

Reboot, and you should be ok
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That's if you'r using GRUB. Make sure you reinstall the boot loader you were using previously. You might not have any configuration set to use any other boot loader. I think red hat installs lilo by default but I'm not sure