On Tuesday 31 October 2006 18:05, Régis Décamps wrote: > On 10/30/06, james <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > you just have to rerun grub setup. > > > > Hmmmm, > > > > If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR, > > then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the > > option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup? > > On windows run: > fdisk /mbr > (or somethink similar I can't recall exactly)
The fdisk /mbr is a MSDOS command. I think you mean the more modern command fixmbr and if you run this from a Recovery Console (using your WinXP installation CD) your computer will self-destruct in 3 seconds (only kidding! :) ) What either of these two commands do is write into the MBR the M$Windoze bootloader code. Your Gentoo installation will thereafter be inaccessible without a LiveCD. You can chainload grub from the WinXP ntldr.exe or you can reinstall grub in the MBR. I would recommend the latter, unless you do not intend to keep the linux OS or its /boot partition on this machine. > That restores your previous bootloaker, ie grub. Err, no it won't. To restore grub boot using a LiveCD, or a Grub floppy and install grub as per the Gentoo handbook. -- Regards, Mick
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