help:Getting back linux after installing windows

VINSTAR · 01-20-2008, 01:22 AM

i install fedora7.
but due to some problems i need to
reinstall windows. But after installing windows
system is directly booting into windows. Grub boot menu
is not there. But files of fedora is safe in its partition.
i checked with slax live cd.

is there any way to get back grub's boot menu
without reinstalling Linux

MS3FGX · 01-20-2008, 01:30 AM

You just need to boot to the install CD and reinstall GRUB; no need to reinstall the OS.

This topic shows how to do it under FC 6, but it will be the same process for pretty much any distribution using GRUB.

VINSTAR · 01-20-2008, 01:45 AM

it doesnt work
i tried it
when i reinstalled grub with fedora7 cd
i get msg that no changes made to kernal
and the problem dont solved

serafean · 01-20-2008, 08:36 AM

Hi,

Boot a liveCD, mount the fedora root partition, chroot into it, fire up the grub command line, select the /boot partition, and install grub. :

Code:

#mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/root
#chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash
#grub
>root (hd0,0)
>setup (hd0)
>quit
#exit

Then reboot your computer, GRUB should be back. Substitute sda1 by your root partition; root by the mount point of your choice; hd0,0 by the disk/partition numbers (the first disk being 0, same for the first partition.

Serafean

VINSTAR · 01-20-2008, 10:48 AM

thanks serafean