Re: Help! XP wont load after linux install

From: Bob Cober (cplusplus_at_cox.net)
Date: 10/25/03

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    AJ wrote:
    > Just installed Linux RedHat v9 to a new partition on my desktop and now I
    > get a NTLDR missing message when I try to launch XP from the boot manager...
    > I know that I probably need to modify the ks.cfg but don't know:
    > a) how to get to this file through Linux
    > b) what hdxx details to add (how do I list the filesystems when running
    > Linux?)
    > c) whether this is the right issue to tackle!
    >
    > Help!
    >
    >

    I recently had this happen to myself when I accidentally installed grub
    into the boot sector of my XP partion blowing away the ntloader. I
    should have just installed it into the mbr of the drive.

    Anyway, if you boot with your xp disk and enter the rescue command
    prompt mode they have two commands fixmbr and fixboot. fixmbr for
    loaders in the MBR and fixboot for loaders in the bootsector.

    Of course, I contemplated just getting rid of XP entirely and living
    permanently in LinuxLand.....perhaps that really is the best choice..

    ;-)

    Hope this helps.

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