On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 18:31 -0700, Easthope wrote: > At Tue, 15 May 2007 12:12:02 +0800 Mr. Ray Chan wrote, > '1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; > 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR";' > > At Tue, 15 May 2007 20:41:36 +0200 Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote, > "fdisk /mbr will solve the problem." > > The system was given to my mother without the installation > media. Can I make a startup diskette in the existing > system? If so, how? > > "... make a small partition for a minimal distro with > the sole purpose of starting grub, ..." > > Yes, if there is no alternative, I can put a small old > disk in the machine to replace the existing hdb. Start Win98 from grub. There is a util some where in the system that allows you to make a system rescue diskette. All from the clicky pointy thing. You can then boot from that disk and do the "fdisk /mbr" -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0
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