reinstalled windows, how do i reconfigure grub?
arjaybe
ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Mon Aug 29 19:58:41 UTC 2005
Cybe R. Wizard Wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:55:25 +0200
> ulrich steffens <ulrich at barfuss-jerusalem.org> wrote:
>
> > Am Sonntag, den 28.08.2005, 20:45 +0200 schrieb Gabriel Euzet:
> > > Cybe R. Wizard a écrit :
> > >
> > > >On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:38:14 -0500
> > > >Drewcore <drewsph at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>...reinstalled windows
> > > >>drew
> > > >
> > > >...
> > > >Wouldn't it be a lark to take your question to a Windows advocacy
> > > >group just to see how they'd handle it?
> > > >
> > > >Cybe R. Wizard ;-}
> > > >
> > > something like "fixboot" or "fixmbr" when booting xp installation
> cd
> > > in rescue mode
> > >
> > the only thing fixmbr will do, is the opposide of what he wants.
> > fixmbr overwrites the mbr and puts the windows bootloader in it.
> >
> > ulrich
> >
> And that's my point. There is so much Windows expertise in the Linux
> groups ('most any of them), I just wonder how much /computer/ (and
> Linux) knowledge there is in Winduhs advocacy groups.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
>
You're right. Still, it won't kill us to help them on their way. Even
to point them towards boot.ini. I draw the line at helping them edit
boot.ini, though. It's just too arcane and should be handled in a
Windows group.
--
arjaybe
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