Here was a response i got about this awhile ago. Doesn't help you too much, but it's a data point. Hopefully someone else will have a better answer.
eric > > I have also run XP in > > another partition, and crashed it often, then reinstalled it, and it > > has never reworked the MBR, just put itself back in with out > > destruction. > > Is it "safe" to reinstall 98 and XP? I was always told it would > reformat your entire drive (wether you wanted it to or not). XP seems to understand partitions. 98 likes to take the whole drive.. I've had some luck doing a repair... not much... but some, with 98. On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:06:11 -0400 crak600 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i know that in order for the mbr to be rewritten properly by linux in > a dual boot system, the ms-win OS of choice must be installed before > doing a linux install. but if i go and format out my ms-win OS and > reinstall it (i'm using win98), will the mbr be rewritten and i won't > be able to get back into linux? and if that does happen, how do i get > the mbr re-written so i can access linux again? i've been looking for > an answer to this but can't seem to find it, and win98 needs to be > re-installed as i'm having massive problems with it. (and i wish i > could make this a microsoft free computer, but currently i can't) > > Thanks > > Mike
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