[Hoary] Reinstall GRUB after install of Win XP - Linz
Lindsay
judenlinz at orcon.net.nz
Mon May 9 02:13:19 UTC 2005
On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 19:51 -0600, yo mero wrote:
> On 5/8/05, Lindsay <judenlinz at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> > I have had to reinstall Windows XP on my wifes PC (which also had Hoary
> > on it. Of course I have now lost GRUB.
> >
> > I am sure there is a way to reinstall GRUB on either the Live or Install
> > CD's, but I would like someone who has done this to advise me.
> >
> > Linz
> >
> >
>
> boot with your install cd
> and boot
> at the first dialog switch to F2 console
> then
> mkdir /aa
> mount /dev/hdaX /aa <-- where hdaX is your root partition
Do you mean the partition Win XP is on or Ubuntu?
> chroot /aa
> grub-install /dev/hda
> reboot
>
> that's all
>
>
> Leonel
>
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