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From: sumit kalra <i_am_sumit_kalra@yahoo.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Overwrote bootloader
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:24:55 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060130152455.71791.qmail@web61022.mail.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43DE1B91.1040109@gelm.net>

Hi All,

I have a dual boot machine (Win XP and Fedora Core4)
using grub as the bootloader. The loader was working
fine for both Windows and Linux till I started playing
around with it.

I edited /etc/grub.conf and ran 'grub-install
/dev/hda8' (windows partition) instead of 
'grub-install /dev/hda' so basically the Linux
bootloader has overwritten the Windows boot loader.
Realizing my mistake, I ran 'grub-install /dev/hda'.

If from the main grub screen I choose 'Linux', I can
boot into Linux but if I choose 'Windows' I get to the
same bootloader again.

Another problem, I can't mount the windows partition
(NTFS) since FC4 apparently doesn't support it.

Can I, in anyway, recover the Windows bootloader?

Thanks,
Sumit


		
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-30 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-25 18:32 Burn Mulitple cd's at once? Todd Patton
2006-01-25 21:02 ` Ray Olszewski
2006-01-25 21:12   ` Todd Patton
2006-01-30 13:58 ` chuck gelm
2006-01-30 15:24   ` sumit kalra [this message]
2006-01-30 15:36     ` Overwrote bootloader Paul M.
2006-01-31  2:49   ` Burn Mulitple cd's at once? chuck gelm
2006-02-01 13:20 ` chuck gelm
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-01-30 15:32 Overwrote bootloader Meyer, David R
2006-01-30 15:48 ` sumit kalra
     [not found] <C8BDB0BC5EC99640BB29146782FE8D2399FF61@MYSHECMSG01.ad.infosys.com>
2006-01-30 15:44 ` sumit kalra

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