You'll need to boot from the Windows 2000 disk and have it repair the
MBR.  Once that is done, you'll lose the Linux boot information, so
you'll need to boot from your Linux CD and repair the boot sector
again.  Once this is done, you should be good to go.


On 12 Sep 2004 11:01:15 -0500, Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been tinkering with Linux on and off for the last few years, and as
> a novice my main problem has always been with getting the bootloader(s)
> to work flawlessly with me.  I have yet another issue, which could be
> solved by reinstalling, but that's a hassle I'd prefer to skip:
>         I used to have my drives set up with Manrake Linux 9.1 and Windows XP
> dual-booted on hda, with Windows 2000 Server alone on hdb.  The LILO
> bootloader would select Windows on hda, and Windows XP would pop up with
> the Windows bootloader and allow me to choose between XP and 2000. Now,
> however, I've deleted the Windows XP partition and filled hda with
> Linux, and now I can't get into Windows 2000 Server, as there's no
> bootloader thingy for Windows anymore.
>         I have basically no knowledge beyond that, so I need basics. ;-)  I've
> tried "resore windows boot loader" from the Mandrake CD rescue thingy,
> but it didn't help.
>                 Any tips?
>                     Thanx,
>                        ES
> --
> --
> Sent from a proudly owned 1.6GHz Mandrake Linux 9.1 system.
> 
> :::Three good reasons to ditch Windows:::
> -It costs money, and never works the way it says it does.
> -Microsoft supports NPR News, which supports John Kerry and everything
> else that stinks about our government.
> -Microsoft is already losing their server market share to Linux, and
> (not so quickly) their PC usership as well.  They're gonna die to
> freeware... so stick with freeware.
> 
> "If we stop voting for them, will they go away?"
> 
> 
> 
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