dual bootloader problem

c0c0deuz · 06-11-2002, 05:00 PM

I have a pc that i use for testing o.s., it has RH7.3/win98/w2k server and XP pro on it.
Installing the m$ o.s. install boot.ini as the boot loader and after i installed RH Grub took over.
Lunching XP pro was doing the fallowing before:
1. grub get me to select between Linux and m$
-select m$
2. boot.ini get me to select between w98/w2k/xp
-select xp
end

But now, i had to reinstalled w2k and grub got swaped!

Anyway i can get my linux back without installing?
-obviously, i don't have a bootdisk.
thx
Dan

sewer_monkey · 06-11-2002, 06:41 PM

I think there was a post on this already. Try running your install CD, but when it loads choose "rescue mode". I am not quite sure how Mandy install CDs are done, but with RedHat this will allow you to mount your Linux partition and run the bootloader install command (lilo for LILO and grub-install for GRUB).

Good luck!

Thymox · 06-13-2002, 05:32 AM

You should be able to do this quite easily from either RH boot CD or Mandy boot CD.

These are the instructions for the Mandy CD:
Pop the disc in your drive and reboot the machine. When you're given a slight delay for options, type rescue and press enter. When the little menu comes up, mount your partitions under /mnt. Then goto console. The first thing you should do is make sure that all your partitions are mounted under /mnt, so ls /mnt. If they're there, then type chroot /mnt and then something like either /sbin/lilo or /sbin/grub-install to reinstall your lilo/grub boot loader.

Hope this helps.

MasterC · 06-13-2002, 07:34 AM

With my mandy 8.2 disk, when I type rescue, the option to "reinstall the bootloader" are at the top. That works best for me. Just to let you know