Re: Re-install grub.
I recently ran the amd64 net install on my Win2000
system (I'd already set aside disk space for the linux
installation). I was also a bit nervous about having
Debian overwrite the MBR (although it's never given me
any problems in the past), so when I was asked to
install grub I declined, I left the MBR untouched.
Then I created a grub floppy
(http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy.html#Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy)
and tested my booting situation with that.
Once I felt comfortable that everything looked okay, I
went ahead and installed grub to the MBR "natively"
(http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Installing-GRUB-natively.html#Installing-GRUB-natively).
After that everything worked just fine.
Grub's pretty darn flexible, it's a good idea to
familiarize yourself with how to use it to boot your
system. Here's a link to a guy who's using it to boot
over 100 operating systems on his machine:
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=143973
What he's done there can provide you with some good
examples. (The grub documentation is also helpful.)
Btw, I also saved the boot records on my drive using
"dd" and put them in a safe place, both before and
after the linux install so I can easily restore them,
just for peace of mind!
-- Scott Edwards
--- Michael Dominok <ml.debian-amd64@dominok.net>
wrote:
>
> Hi Thierry,
>
> no hint to your problem but ...
>
> On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 21:19 +0100, Thierry LARMIER
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I want to format my FAT32 disk and re-install
> windows ( Windows need to
> > be re-installed often. :-))). Yes I need windows
> only for game :-((((
>
> .. the next time you got a fresh
> windows-installation you could
> make an image of the whole partition and if^Wwhen
> it's messed up again
> reinstall the image. That would spare you from the
> hassles to go through
> windows installation-dialogue again. And should be
> faster too.
>
> > But I know that windows will erase my MBR :-((((.
>
> And you wouldn't have to touche the MBR.
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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