Apt-get upgrade caused loss of dual boot ability

pokemanyz · 08-14-2006, 11:46 AM

I installed Debian on a external USB drive sometime ago & have had no problems switching between XP & Debian until I just did an apt-get upgrade.

I now don't have the ability to boot into XP. I have very little knowledge of Linux & would just like things to be back where they were.
This is on a HP zv5000 AMD64

chrisortiz · 08-14-2006, 05:56 PM

this shouldn't be too much of a problem. Do you remember if your dual booting was controlled by LILO, GRUB, or Windows Xp?

pokemanyz · 08-14-2006, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisortiz

this shouldn't be too much of a problem. Do you remember if your dual booting was controlled by LILO, GRUB, or Windows Xp?

Grub

However I also don't remember the admin password for XP so attempts to repair the MBR aren't working & neither are attempts to remove said password.

chrisortiz · 08-16-2006, 06:08 PM

[solved]
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=472374

please don't post in multiple areas like that.

pokemanyz · 08-17-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisortiz

[solved]
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=472374

please don't post in multiple areas like that.

It was related to the other post