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* RE: Overwrote bootloader
@ 2006-01-30 15:32 Meyer, David R
  2006-01-30 15:48 ` sumit kalra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Meyer, David R @ 2006-01-30 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sumit kalra, linux-newbie

Don't panic...this one is easy...

If you have the Windows XP CD, run the recovery module and it will fix
the bootloader.

HOWEVER, you can also stick with a Linux boot loader.  I have been
dual-booting my work laptop for three years now using a varied array of
distros.  I have not used the Windows bootloader since 2003.  If you
install Linux (as you have found out) it will find your Windows
partition and bring that option up to you so you can once again run both
OS's.

Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of sumit kalra
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:25 AM
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Overwrote bootloader

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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* Re: Burn Mulitple cd's at once?
@ 2006-01-30 13:58 chuck gelm
  2006-01-30 15:24 ` Overwrote bootloader sumit kalra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: chuck gelm @ 2006-01-30 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Todd Patton; +Cc: linux-newbie

Todd Patton wrote:

> Does anyone know if this is possible in Linux. I can do it in M$ Win 
> with Nero but the NEroLinux left this feature off. Basically I want to 
> burn 4 copies of a folder or image at the same time. Thank you for any 
> responses.

Hi, Todd:

Assuming that your 4 cd burners are configured as SCSI or SCSI emulation
and are channel 0, id 0, lun 0,1,2,3:

#!/bin/bash
#
# /usr/local/bin/burncd.sh
#

eject
cat /usr/local/bin/burncd.sh

echo ""
echo " First argument is <$1>."
echo "Second argument is <$2>."
echo ""

if [ -n $1 ] ; then
 if [ -n $2 ] ; then
  cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 fs=64M speed=$2 driveropts=burnproof gracetime=2 
$1 &
  cdrecord -v dev=0,0,1 fs=64M speed=$2 driveropts=burnproof gracetime=2 
$1 &
  cdrecord -v dev=0,0,2 fs=64M speed=$2 driveropts=burnproof gracetime=2 
$1 & 
  cdrecord -v dev=0,0,3 fs=64M speed=$2 driveropts=burnproof gracetime=2 $1
 else
  echo "Second argument is burn speed [1 - 52] and must not be null."
 fi
else
 echo ""
 echo "First argument is filename.ext and must not be null."
 echo ""
fi
eject
mount /mnt/cdrom
ls -l /mnt/cdrom
umount /mnt/cdrom
echo $1
badblocks -vc 256 /dev/cdrom
eject

HTH, Chuck

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