I tried that and it seemed to work. When I ran 'grub-install /dev/hda5' it reported 'no errors' and seemed to execute successfully. However, upon reboot, I am back to XP bootup. Is there another step that I need to include?
Steps so far: 1. Boot up with live CD (Knoppix) 2. Activate shell and go root 3. Mount /dev/hda5 as /mnt/hda5 4. chroot /mnt/hda5 /bin/bash 5. grub-install /dev/hda5 Thanks for any input. Note: hda5 is actually a Mandrake partition. hdb2 and other hdb(x) Linux is Debian. But I realize, to get this to work, it will somehow involve grub-install hda(x). --- Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun September 25 2005 04:32 pm, Jeremy Merritt > wrote: > > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > > discarded the grub loader and now you can only > boot to > > XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian user > who > > said to simply run 'grub-install /dev/hda1' off of > a > > live CD. I tried that with hda, hda1, and hdb2 > (debian > > partition) just to be sure, and it gave the same > error > > every time. Here is an example of the error it > gave. > > That happened to me before too. I had to boot a live > cd and chroot into the > partition that contains the /boot directory and then > "grub-install /dev/hda". > I think something along the lines of "chroot > /dev/hda5 /bin/bash" will get you > where you need to be. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]