Help with dual-boot
 

I didn't konw where else to put this:

Ok now, don't eviscerate but I'm planning on uninstalling linux from my laptop; not because I'm dissatisfied, I just don't have any purpose for it right now. Now the rub lies in my lack of linux konwhow; I need to get rid of my linux partitions and remove the grub bootloader so it goes to my windows (yes I know... hiss hiss | ereg_replace("s","$","Windows")) without completely fucking my partitions and my data up.

Please do not vilify me for not knowing how to solve this simple problem; I'm far from linux saavy and don't want to mess around without knowing given its capabilities.

If it is 2000 or XP it will get rid of GRUB on its own and you can erase all the partitions during the install. For 9x I do not know if it gets rid of grub...w/ a 98 startup disk run the command

fdisk /mbr

If you are doing 9x you will also need to do partitions using DOS fdisk (type fdisk from the 98 startup disk)

I've got XP, so do I just flatten the linux partitions or is there a process involved to let xp take over booting from grub?

Just install it as usual...make sure you use the entire drive and it should all go smooth.

i have linux red hat 9 installed and win2k, each one in is own partition with grub on.
recently i've formated the win2k partition, for a fresh win2k install and with that i've lost the grub management.

Now when i turn on my laptop it goes straight to win2k not asking if i want to go to rh9 instead.

How can i fix this? :confused: i've got to much work in the linux partition that i don't want to lose

Please somebody help me

Thanks in advance :)

this probably should have been a new thread but oh well lol

boot of the red hat install CD 1 and type "linux rescue" at the prompt then after it loads run these two commands

chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/hda

change /dev/hda to w/e drive you want grub on and add a partition number if you want it someplace other than the MBR (if windows took it, grub was probably in the MBR already)

thanks for the quick reply :)

now grub appears with redhat9 option and win2k like before, but the win2k option makes a loop. every time i click on it it turns black and returns to the menu.
at least i can now enter linux and save all my stuff.
i will wait for a better laptop (going to sell what i've got) to return to linux again and stay only on it
have to return for a while to M$hit :(

i was thinking on it when i reply to this. it was the closest to my search for my problem, so that's why

If you edit the file /etc/grub.conf you can make it so it will boot windows 2000 correctly...it is only like 2 or 3 lines that you need to edit or add.