Re: MBR newbie problem

From: Arjen Smit (almaddin_at_almaddin.demon.nl)
Date: 11/19/03


Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:27:23 +0100

Nero wrote:
> i have a system with windows 98 and linux redhat 7.3 installed. after some
> (predictable) problems windows crashed and i had to reinstall the o.s.. mbr
> was obviously overwritten but i have some working boot floppy disks that
> still let me use linux (i made several copies of that). I didn't make any
> backup copies of the mbr because it was corrupted and not working; how can i
> fix it?
> thanx
>
>
>
>
using your red hat cd's should work and use rescue mode, and after that
you should use the command grub install /dev/hda



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