At 11:42 AM 04/02/2002 +1000, you wrote: >On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:18:38AM +1000, Dan Washusen wrote: >> On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 11:01, Wylie Edwards wrote: >> > If I upgrade to xp and it kills the >> > boot loader, how do I get it back? >> >> I think XP would kill lilo. But it's really easy to get it back... >> >> [6 step process omitted] > >I find it really amusing/disturbing that such a common problem >has such a complicated solution. > >IMHO, the RH/Mandrake/whatever install CD should have an option >(alongside "Install", "Upgrade" and friends?) to "reactivate" >a linux distro. > >The main problem with this is, if there are multiple distro's >installed, you're not sure which grub or lilo configuration >to use. So, it can't be made completely "luser-proof" :( >But, most lusers would only have 1 distro anyway... > >Perhaps the best solution is to make grub/lilo add a timestamp >inside their config files when the bootloader is INSTALLED, >and the auto-reinstaller looks for the config file with the
"looks" where? A lot depends upon how the partitions are mounted. >newest timestamp? (Obviously, this is different from the mtime... >we want the file that was USED for an installation last, not UPDATED >last) I think someone who is running two or more operating systems is more sophistocated than the casual user. Installing Windows will defeat Linux; installing Linux will defeat Windows. Anyone launching into a multi-boot system setup had better do their homework first. It is no particular mystery -- once you have been through the process. I guess for all of us, the first dual-boot experience was quite a learning experience. :-) --John PGP encrypted e-mail preferred (www.pgpi.com) My KeyID: E97AE783 (good until 31-Dec-2002) Keyserver at http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html LILO source code at http://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub