hi ppl, i have linux installed on my hard-disk,but after i installed
windows,the MBR was over-written and the grub loader has now to be
installed again for dual-boot. i have tried installing the kernel using
the Redhat 9 CD's but all (i have 17 of them) to be spoilt. i have
created a bootable floppy using mkbootdsik and the sytem is booting
usinh that floppy, and now shows the prompt
boot:
wat do i do next to restore the previous installation.
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