reinstalled windows in dual boot,,,grub disappeared,,,help

ace.adi · 03-15-2007, 05:12 PM

hi

im sure this is a very common problem,i tried to search for the answer in other threads but without success,,,,i had a dual boot ,,xp,,n opensuse 10.2,,,all was fine till i had to reinstall my windows,,,now my grub screen doesnt show up,,n i cant open my linux,,,dont want to reinstall it,,plz let me know if there's a way out,,,,m a noob so plz be precise...thnx

Var2 · 03-15-2007, 05:53 PM

ur grub entry is removed as windows xp rewrite mbr when u reinstalled xp.i think so ,u need to install grub again.

btmiller · 03-15-2007, 08:10 PM

To be more precise, boot Linux from your CD in rescue mode (the SuSE CD should have a rescue option) and run grub-install /dev/whatever where /dev/whatever is your boot hard drive. You will want to check your grub config afterward to make sure there is an entry to boot Windows and re-add it if need be (generally though this would be done automatically).

ace.adi · 03-18-2007, 11:46 AM

hey thanks guys,,,i'll surely try it out,,,though im not sure whether i'll be abe to do stuff with the config file,,,catch u later if there r probs,,,thanks again