Re: bootloader on dual boot system doesn't show linux

From: Andy Fraser (andyfraser31_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:02:17 +0000

In comp.os.linux.setup, thufir.hawat@mail.com uttered the immortal words:

> fedora core and win2k are both installed. in the past i'd see a list
> of either win2k or fedora. after doing a clean install of win2k (to
> change from ntfs to fat32) that list no longer appears.

Windows doesn't care or know about other OSes. It replaced the MBR with it's
own when you reinstalled it.
 
> i believe the bootloader grub generates that list, or it may be lilo.
> booting into knoppix confirmed that fedora is still there. hda1 is
> windows, hda2 and hda3 are linux.
>
> how do i find and fix the bootloader, if that is the problem, please?

If the Fedora CD has a rescue option boot it and reinstall your bootloader.
If it doesn't boot Knoppix, chroot into Fedora and reinstall the bootloader
that way. 

-- 
Andy.

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