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Old 02-18-2005, 12:06 PM   #1
dudehero
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linux redhat 9 bootloader problem


hey guys hope u can help me n e way i m a newbie and i hav an 40 gb hard disk with windows and linux 2 gether the problem is a couple of days ago i had to reinstall windows XP again and now i m not able to boot into redhat 9 i dint prepare the rescue disk,but i hav the installation disks of red hat 9 please help
 
Old 02-18-2005, 12:41 PM   #2
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Welcome to LQ.

You can reinstall grub using:
1) Boot from RH CD1
2) At the "boot:" prompt type "linux rescue"
3) At the bash prompt change to your system root "chroot /mnt/sysimage"
4) Then to reinstate grub on the mbr "/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda"
5) Reboot "shutdown -r now"
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:10 PM   #3
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hey david thnx a million i m r8 now typin frm linux thnx a lot keep up the gud work..................
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:15 PM   #4
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Your welcome. Good to see it worked.
 
  


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