On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 13:00 +0900, sid wrote: > Hi > I have Windows Xp prof and Fedora 3 installed on my laptop. I need to reinstall my windows xp cos > its showing its native behaviour..like system hang.. Now i read that if I reinstall windows..it will > overwrite my current boot loader(GRUB)..and then i will not be able to boot linux. Is there a way to > do it without losing my linux installation?? You could try making a boot CD (see the --iso option of mkbootdisk). You'd then be able to boot from that after Windows had wiped out grub from your Master Boot Record. Once back in Linux, you could re-run grub- install to fix it. Alternatively, you could skip the boot CD step and boot from the Fedora installation CD in rescue mode and run grub-inatall from there. > Also has any one tried to work on Fedora installed on a usb hard drive? how is the performance? I am > considering buying a usb hard disk for working on linux on my laptop. > thanks in advance.. There's a PDF linked from: http://www.vigla.eclipse.co.uk/ that will show you how to do it. Don't know what the performance will be like though. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
