[TriLUG] Next Generation...

[Lee Fickenscher]

Yep, use a Grub boot disk... you did make one right? :-)
-Lee

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:32:02PM -0400, Darrell Sandiford wrote:
> Thanks. Actually, XP was smart enough to see the full disk so I was able 
> to create my desired partitions.  I did however make one mistake. I got 
> my dual boot system up and running (RH9\XP) just fine, but then I 
> decided to take the remaining partition space and format it to a FAT32
> partition so that both OS's could see and use it, so I rebooted my 
> machine, put in the XP boot install disk, formatted  the partition to 
> FAT32, stopped the XP install before it could start, restarted my system 
> and now it will only boot into XP which means the Grub configuration has 
> changed. Outside of reinstalling, (upgrade nor rescue won't work) is 
> there a way around this so that I can get the system to boot using Grub
> and have my OS options displayed again? THxs,
> 
> D-
> 
> 
> nroskam at rr.nc.com wrote:
> >Use a windows 98 boot disk and fdisk to delete partitions.  Also run
> >fdisk /mbr to remove grub.  I would create a partion with fdisk and then
> >allow windows xp to convert to ntfs during the install.  RH9 and grub
> >can handle the install after xp is setup.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf
> >Of Darrell Sandiford
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:42 PM
> >To: trilug at trilug.org
> >Subject: [TriLUG] Next Generation...
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I just recently had fun going from RedHat 8.0 to 9.0. Getting the ISO's 
> >was a pain, but once I got the disc made, installation was a snap. NOW, 
> >I would like to take this RH9 system and make it a dual boot system with
> >RH9 and windows XP. Is there a was to completely fdisk, remove, get rid 
> >of the RH9 install, (including the Grub app.) start over with a cleared 
> >& clean hard disk and do the dual boot installation?, Again, the main 
> >thing that I want to get past is clearing out the hard drive so I can 
> >split\partition it down the middle and install my OS's. Thanks.
> >
> >D-
> >
> >
> >
> >  "Live and Prosper"....on your own time
> >
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