[plug] reinstalling the linux boot

[Dene Staples]

Hi

Any ideas on how to get a GRUB bootable floppy disk? I suppose I'll download
Grub and find out that way?

Dene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Ringer" <craig at postnewspapers.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] reinstalling the linux boot


> > I installed WindowsXP, which is working much better than ME, but the
Grub
> > multi-boot thingy disappeared.
>
> WinXP overwrote the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the disk. It'll do this.
> You need to re-install GRUB to the MBR. If you can get a GRUB bootable
> floppy disk, you can just install GRUB from the grub command line on the
> floppy disk. Once you're at the GRUB command line, type
>
> help setup
>
> to learn more. In general,
>
> setup (hd0)
>
> will be quite enough... or is it
>
> setup hd0
>
> ? Anyway, that's the idea.
>
> Hopefully this'll put you on the right track.
>
>
>