Jima wrote: >On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Florin Iucha wrote: > > > >>On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 06:36:36PM -0500, kcbnac wrote: >> >> >>>I have Grub installed as bootloader for RH 9, and MS Windows (which >>>launches it's own menu- 98 or XP) I have to reinstall XP, so how do I >>>make a back-up of my current Grub setup, and restore it once XP is done >>>doing it's damage to the MBR? Or do I need to do an 'upgrade existing >>>Linux installation' from RH 9 to RH 9 to get it to overwrite the MBR? >>> >>> >>You don't need to back it up. Just make a grub floppy disk (with >>grub-floppy) and make note of the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst >>(print it or write it down). >> >> > > I suspect this could be made even easier by doing: > ># insert blank floppy, run as root: > >`grub-install /dev/fd0` > ># shutdown, install windows ># boot off floppy; should give you grub splash screen ># log in as root again and run: > >`grub-install /dev/hda` > > That ought to get grub back in place. Anyone is welcome to correct me if >I'm wrong. > > Jima > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > Well, that sounds the easiest, Jima, and being that my Linux skills are slim, I think it's my best chance. Thanks! Keith _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list