Re: dual boot problems

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> I bought a new compaq computer with win xp partitioned the
> drive installed fedora with grub to load. I had everything
> working then I booted windows it goes into pc recovery and
> overwrites the boot section so it only will boot windows.
> Is there a way to get this to work?  If not is there a
> way to make a boot cd to access the linux partition.

Just an idea:
Try re-installing grub to your boot partition or root partition
(wherever you boot) and then use the NT boot loader in XP to load
linux. This way you are not re-writing the MBR.
http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm 
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader.html

Mauriat


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