Reinstalling XP, how to get Linux back

Dark_Oppressor · 08-04-2005, 05:47 PM

I have two harddrives. One has XP on it, the other has Fedora Core 4. I have decided it's time to reformat the XP drive, and am going to do that and then reinstall XP. The only problem is that when I do this, Windows will overwrite the Grub Bootloader thing with its own stuff, right? How can I reinstall Grub after this(so that I can once again boot into FC4)?

bigrigdriver · 08-04-2005, 06:40 PM

Step 1) boot into Linux and make a boot floppy, or be prepared to use the install disk and select "boot from hard drive"; whichever works best for you. That way, you have a way to boot into Linux. You can also search these forums for the many, many, many other posts on this topic.

Step 2) format and re-install xp.

Step 3) re-write grub to the MBR. You can also find many posts on these forums on that topic. Or, you can download and study the grub instructions from gnu.org and other websites.

Dark_Oppressor · 08-04-2005, 07:57 PM

Thanks for the help. I tried to search but it kept crapping out on me, so after a while of that I gave up and posted.