> On 07/18/2004 06:05:33 AM, Mikael Konttinen wrote: > > > > All, > > > > I've finally got a working Windows XP again and no data loss on the > > NTFS > > data partitions, though it was done with a fresh re-install of > > Windows > > XP. > > During the installation of XP apparently the MBR was rewritten again, > > this > > time with the result that GRUB no longer works. Somebody mentioned > > that > > possibility earlier, though I didn't listen as I thought that since > > GRUB is > > written on the /boot partition and not on the MBR, it shouldn't be > > affected. <snip> On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 11:16 +0000, Jim Cornette wrote: > It's great that you didn't lose your AV data. > > About grub after the reinstallation of XP. I had a similar symptom when > upgrading systems before. I ended up booting from the first CD in > rescue mode. > linux rescue > After getting into rescue mode, I typed the below to change the > environment to the FC install. > chroot /mnt/sysimage > This gave me a shell with a bash prompt still, but the programs from FC > worked fine. > Now, I would rerun grub-install. This depends on where your boot > partition is located snd on which partition is active for boot. In my > case /dev/hda1. I believe that you have /dev/hda2 setup as active and > as your boot partition. > grub-install /dev/hda2 This should be /dev/hda, which is the mbr of the boot disk. grub-install knows where the /boot partition is, and will tell the boot process to find it when needed. Scott > This works for me with several FC installations on the same machine. > Why it sometimes corrupts with reinstallations of one OS or another is > beyond me. > > Good luck and hopefully this works for you. Backing up data is still > wise to do though. > > Jim > > -- > A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no > battle unless there be two. -- Seneca > > >
