I am sick of installing and reinstalling linux and windows... I have linux how I want it pretty much but I want to put xp on another partition. Is there any easy way to install windows and then I dunno re-instate grub?

Adam

Yes there is...

Install windows as normal, then switch your bios to boot from CD. Use the redhat boot cd to load a basic linux shell. Login as root.

Now type as follows :

mount /dev/hd? /mnt

chroot /mnt

this should now leave you logged in as root on YOUR system disk. Remeber to replace ? with your disk address.

You can now reconfigure grub. I'm not sure how, i use lilo, but i'm sure it's easy, lilo is just a case of typing :

lilo (return) and it adds your bootloader again. I suppose it's similar with grub.

Hope that helped !

Windows always tries to replace the bootloader. Just boot intlo linux afterwards using a floppy or "linux rescue" mode from CD1 then rn:
/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda

This will reinstate grub on the MBR of the primary master ide drive.

So all I need to do is install windows and then boot from my boot floppy (linux made when I was installing it) and literally type:

/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda

I dont need to substitute anything or anything like that?

Adam

That should work fine assuming you login as root and that hda is the drive you want to install grub to the MBR of - more than likely it will be.

when you say log in as root you mean just boot off the disk and when I get the prompt typ su and my password? Then do the above?

Adam

Yes, Or just use the username "root" and type the password you usually type after "su -". It is the same thing

Hey when I try to boot of my boot disk it gives me an error :
syslinux 2002-10-25
Boot Failed

I cant seem to make another disk either with instructions that I found on the net because when I type:

[adam@localhost adam]$ fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
/dev/fd0H1440: Device or resource busy
[adam@localhost adam]$

I have tried mounting and unmounting the floppy but I dunno what to do now!

Lucky I tried the boot disk BEFORE installing windows!

Adam

The alternative is:
1) boot with CD1
2) at the "boot:" prompt type "linux rescue"
3) once the system has booted run "chroot /mnt/sysimage"
4) Run the grub install "/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda"
5) Remove the cd and reboot "shutdown -r now"