On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 18:13 -0500, admin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a client that develops in both Windows and Linux. They're using > desktops that used to dual boot Windows 2000 and Fedora Core 2. We're > about to roll out Windows XP Pro to each of the workstations, and when I > tested on one of them today, the Windows XP install wrote over the MBR > and now Grub no longer comes up, just boots straight into Windows XP. I > searched the archived and say "grub-install \dev\hda" as a suggestion, > but when I boot off the FC2 CD, it doesnt have grub-install anywhere on > the CD. Can someone give me another suggestion? Nice that they are supporting Linux. A few suggestions in order of preference: 1. Sell them on a cross-platform development environment (Focus of current Linux Journal - http://www.linuxjournal.com/)and VMware (http:// www.vmware.com/) under Linux, or better yet separate dedicated systems for testing. Don't install Windows XP dual-boot. Dual-boot with M$ is a seldom-necessary evil to be avoided if possible, except for situations like accommodating the kid's games on a home system. Hardware is cheap compared to the administrative problems accompanying dual-boot. 2. Make advance preparations for XP clobbering the MBR by using "mkbootdisk --iso --device boot.iso `uname -r`" to make a bootable CD image that can then be burned to CD-ROM, boot to FC2, and run "grub- install /dev/hda". 3. Make advance preparations for XP clobbering the MBR by creating a grub boot floppy : "grub-install /dev/fd0", or use attached script to make a GRUB boot floppy with a menu, boot to FC2, and run "grub- install /dev/hda". 4. Boot FC2 CD in rescue mode, mount the installation under "/mnt/ sysimage", IIRC, following directions, and run "grub-install /dev/hda" ("\" is M$ notation for directory separators) after Bill Gates clobbers your MBR. Beats me why you say it is not there. Phil
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