Mandrake 9.1 and Windows Xp Pro

thanko · 07-18-2003, 05:14 AM

I had to reinstall Windows XP Pro on my PC. This, of course, overwrote the boot manager (lilo) which Mandrake installed. Is it possible to reinstall just the boot manager?

ppuru · 07-18-2003, 06:01 AM

You can get into rescue mode, chroot to your linux partition and run lilo to reinstall lilo on the MBR.

teamstatic84 · 07-18-2003, 10:22 AM

Windoze always comes first! Don't you know that any M$ OS will try and eat and destroy any other on your system?

thanko · 07-18-2003, 07:16 PM

teamstatic84,

If you look closely at my post you will see the word "REINSTALL"...

ppuru,

Thanks for your help. The Mandrake rescue mode includes a selection for reinstalling the boot loader. I did that and am back to where I should be with a minimum of fuss.