Hello,
I just installed RedHat 8.0 on my computer, it has a RAID array controlled by a HPT370. Because that controller is not supported in the kernel I had to use a customized compiled kernel. In the end, I succeeded in that but I forgot the last step: copying the updated kernel from the floppy to the just installend /boot dir.
I tried to reboot in WinXP, but I deleted the wrong partition and threw away my WinXP partition, d0000h... So I reinstalled Windoze and checked what I did wrong. When I found what out I rebooted the computer, but the Grub Bootloader had been overwritten by WinXP. So I tried to reinstall Linux, BUT! (here starts the actual problem) I couldn't. The Graphical Installation told me that another bootmanager did something with the Master Boot Record and that Linux could rebuild it (lose all data) and otherwise couldn't install
. Ofcourse, I didn't want to lose all data, and now I can't get any futher.
Perhaps any of you know how to rebuild the MBR or reinstall GRUB or whatever cause I'm at a loss what to do. Perhaps I could run the Windoze Repair Console and do FIXMBR but I don't like to do that, there is a reasonable chance of losing my partition table.
So.. help would be greatly appreciated..
and yes, I'm a major Linux newbie..
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