Re: Grub and win98 boot record
On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 20:16, Greg C. Madden wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 15:31, Scott Henson wrote:
> > While playing around with grub a few months ago I must have over wrote
> > my boot record for win98. Now the isnt the MBR on hda, this is the boot
> > loader on hda1. Does anyone know a way to recover this boot record, or
> > am I going to have to reinstall windows(if this is the only option its
> > not worth it and Im just going to reformat the partition.) I would
> > really like to know if there is a way to restore the Win98 boot loader.
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Peace kid
> > Scott Henson shenson2@wvu.edu
>
> I know 'lilo' has an un-install switch (lilo -U)which will replace the
> previous contents of whatever boot sector/partition was being used,
> maybe grub has the same.
>
> I don't do much Windows but I thought W9X always slammed hda with its
> boot loader, in which case, if you have a DOS boot disc 'fdisk /mbr'
> will give up your W98 boot loader, no more Grub though.
I tried this, but all it does now is start grub(Im still debating if
this isnt really an improvement) I over wrote the actual boot loader
that load windows. This is what is contained in the boot record of
hda1. Any other ideas?
--
-Peace kid
Scott Henson shenson2@wvu.edu
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rapper Ice Cube said. "But these haters need to realize that if you
mess with the man upstairs, you will get your ass smote. True dat."
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