I have an old PC which has Windows 2000 and had (and hopefully somewhere still does) Redhat 7.2 on. It was all working fine until one day Windows 2000 went wrong. I managed to repair windows 2000 but the GRUB loader had disappeared. I had the Redhat 7.2 discs that came with a book (there were 2) but one of them has snapped. I am on a 2gig download limit so I don't really want to download a disk if i can avoid it. The computer has 2 hard drives. The primary one has windows 2000 on and the secondary drive has Redhat 7.2 on. I'm only a so please make your instructions clear . Thanks. Thomas

Welcome to LQ.

Download and install the GAG boot loader.

GRUB and LILO always conflict with Windows. And GNU GRUB is not so robust, causing many problems during boot.

So try GRUB for DOS please. It is a cross-platform boot loader based on GNU GRUB. The GRUB.EXE can be started from DOS/Win9x; and GRLDR can be started from BOOT.INI of Windows NT/2K/XP/2003; and even more, the GRUB.EXE can be started from LINUX via the KEXEC tool.

By using GRUB.EXE or GRLDR, you don't have to touch your MBR. It is the safest way coexisting with DOS/Windows.

You needn't install GRUB for DOS. Just run GRUB.EXE from DOS, or append a line of "C:\GRLDR=START GRUB" into your BOOT.INI(restart and select the "START GRUB" menu item), that will do.

Download GRUB for DOS here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/grub4dos/

There is a fat12grldr.img file with the GRUB for DOS release. You can create a GRUB bootable floppy with this fat12grldr.img file.

Or, you can just copy GRUB.EXE to your DOS floppy and run GRUB.EXE to enter the GRUB environment.

call the cops .. feds .. military .. better ... it's a newone so how about an amber alert.. but amber fry's brain wasn't of much use to anyone so won't help your cause either ..

Frankly it's friday night at the web !!

get rid of the 7.2 disks .. they aren't good as a toaster even ..

Do you have the first disc of the RH 7.2.
If you do, there is a much easier solution