Restore MBR

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 25 15:23:22 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 19:24 -0800, Timothy Payne wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 20:33 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > Timothy Payne writes:
> > 
> > > I'm attempting to duel boot with Windows on one drive, and as expected
> > > Windows had to cut in line and be first.  I tried to just upgrade my FC
> > > 6 to update the boot loader, but it won't since no kernel has been
> > > upgraded.  I have found several examples on the web but no luck.  Any
> > > ideas to restore my FC 6 MBR would be appreciated.
> > > 
> > > I've been working from the FC CD via Linux rescue.
> > 
> > chroot /mnt/sysimage
> > /sbin/grub-install
> > 
> 
> Thanks but it just asked for more info.  Do I need to give it hd0?
> 
> Tim...
> 
Yes hdo must be placed on the /sbi/sbin/grub-installn/grub-install line.
However, Tom Horsley's instaructions are better and more reliable.
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