On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 15:23 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 13:04 -0500, Douglas Pollard wrote: > > Hi Folks, I have xp on my first drive and Ubuntu Studio on the second. > > I have a partially installed Kodak easy share program that crashes xp > > and I have been told that I will have to reinstall xp. I can't remove > > the Kodak program. As I remember Xp will wipe out Ubuntu if I > > reinstall it. Is this correct ?? Thanks Doug > > No this is bullshit, assumed that XP offers you to be installed on any > first partition. > > It might be, that the XP boot loader will overwrite GRUB in the MBR. If > so, copy the MBR first and restore it, by using a Linux live CD, after > Windows is installed. Then run 'update-grub' by your Ubuntu Studio, that > should include a chain loader entry for XP, to your GRUB menu. > > To copy the MBR run > > sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=MBR bs=512 count=1
Don't re-partition anything, before you'll restore the MBR. > > Instead of sda enter the wanted HDD. > > to restore the MBR run > > sudo dd of=/dev/sda if=MBR bs=512 > > to be safe you might wish to copy your Ubuntu Studio before you > reinstall XP. > > >From a Live CD or another Linux install run > > sudo -i > cd to_the_root_directory_of_your_Ubuntu_Studio > tar czf /path_were_the-backup_should_be_stored/name_of_the_backup.tar.gz > * > > Note: Shell globbing is tricky, the * will cause, that hidden files only > will be copied inside folders of the root directory, but not for the > root directory itself. > > Hth, > > Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
