[clug] help with install please

[Rasjid Wilcox]

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On Sunday 28 September 2003 22:39, oscarb at netspeed.com.au wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need a little help to re-install win98 on a machine that dual boots
> RedHat7.3 using GRUB. I don't want to trash the linux partitions, of
> course.
>
> I recall that the installing windows tramples over the MBR.  Is it simply a
> matter of copying it somewhere else (something like:
>   dd if=/dev/hda0 of=/some/where/mbr.backup bs=1024 count=1
> ) then, after the install, using a boot disk and dd'ing it back?  Is there
> a smarter way to do this? Is there anything else?

What I would do is this:

1) Make sure I have a working Linux boot-floppy, OR a rescue CD (the RH7.3 
install CD will probably do - IIRC it has a rescue mode that will auto-detect 
RH root partitions).  Test this!

2) Install Windows.

3) Boot into Linux using media from 1)

4) As root, run 'grub-install'

5) Reboot.  It should all work just fine.

Cheers,

Rasjid.

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Rasjid Wilcox
Canberra, Australia (UTC +10 hrs)
http://www.openminddev.net
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