On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Robert Adkins wrote:

> Stefan,
> 
>       If you followed the recommended, "Create a boot disk" during the Red Hat   
> install. Then, simply boot off of that disk. While I have never had to   
> reinstall GRUB into the MBR of a hard drive, I am certain that you can   
> find that out by typing 'man grub' at the command line, after getting the   
> system back up and running. (However, I believe you will need to edit   
> grub to then see you Windows XP installation.)
> 
>       If you didn't follow the "Create a boot disk" recommendation, it is my   
> opinion that you will need to fully reinstall the Red Hat OS. (At this   
> time, I know of no other way to recover the Red Hat install after   
> overwriting the MBR with any version of Windows.)

it's not that hard.  you can certainly boot off of the CD-ROM with
"linux rescue".  or just get a boot floppy image from someone else.
lots of ways to do this, no need to reinstall.

rday



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