[NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Sector problem

[Terry]

On 4/5/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/5/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/5/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Use Mandrake's rescue mode, (hopefully on install CD#1), to boot up
> > > your Mandrake system and do it from there.
> > >
> >
> > And then:
> > If I'm not mistaken, Mandrake 10.1 used Grub and so...
> > To install the GRUB boot loader on your drive you should use the utility
> >   grub-install
> >
>
> Information from grub info:
>
>    Once started, GRUB will show the command-line interface (*note
> Command-line interface::). First, set the GRUB's "root device"(1)
> (*note Installing GRUB natively-Footnote-1::) to the boot directory,
> like this:
>
>      grub> root (hd0,0)
>
>    If you are not sure which partition actually holds these files, use
> the command `find' (*note find::), like this:
>
>      grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
>
>    This will search for the file name `/boot/grub/stage1' and show the
> devices which contain the file.
>
>    Once you've set the root device correctly, run the command `setup'
> (*note setup::):
>
>      grub> setup (hd0)
>
>    This command will install GRUB on the MBR in the first drive.
>
>

In order to have the  Win98 system as an option to boot, you'll need 
to see a section simular to this:

title Win98
        rootnoverify (hd0,0)
        chainloader +1

in your /boot/grub/menu.lst  file.


>
>
> > (This is assuming the GRUB application is already been installed on
> > your system - and it more than likely has been, as long as you
> > finished the install process to that point and only left off writing
> > the boot loader to the MBR of your hard drive.)
> >
> > > On 4/5/06, Pervaz Allaudin <pervaza at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > I managed to erase my boot record while trying to switch from Fedora 2 to Mandrake 10.1 on my old dual system. On top of that that all the CDs are erroring out due to crc error so I cannot do another reinstall. So both windows 98 and Linux are dead in the water.
> > > >
> > > >   I am able to boot with Knoppix and did find the grub-install command; My problem is Knoppix gives a read only error and I am not too sure what my non-knoppix hda1&2 is mapped on.
> > > >
> > > >   I tried both - There is /knoppix/dev/had1&2 and a dev/hda1&2 somewhere also if I am not mistaken. had2 was by FD2 /boot and hda1 my windows 98.
> > > >
> > > >   So the question is how can I get my boot loader back into my hard drive?
> > > >
> > > >   Also should I put it on had1 - the windows system - which I think I had previously?
> > > >   The web pages where I checked warned against going into the MBR and went for longer procedure of copying the boot file while into window etc.
> > > >
> > > >   Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >   Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > >   Pervaz
> > > >
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