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Re: OT: Linus or annother Linus?
de rich 04/26/2006 10:38
Rich_on 26-Apr-2006, tim <null@privacy.net> wrote:
> Not anything that has to do with this question, but you look like someone
> who may know something :)
>
> I installed Mepis on the weekend, onto a spare ata 40 gig hd I had laying
> around. When asked where to install grub, I chose my sata 250 gig so that
> I could also boot XP. Yowza, grub took out mbr/boot record, and I had to
> do
> a repair of XP to get back in to it.
>
Been there, done it, can I recommend mbrwiz (http://mbrwizard.tripod.com/ )
for backup/restore boot records.
> Grub is now on the ata 40 gig, but I can't for the life of me get it to
> let me boot up XP, even though it's listed in the menu. I'm getting tired
> of
> switching boot order in the bios to use either XP or Mepis.
> Any idea what I need to edit to get it to work?
This is not so much a fix as a work-a-round for a bios that does not have a
boot menu.
Boot using the Mepis Live CD and log on as root.
Open the "Install Me" dialog
Choose reinstall Grub Boot Loader and select "floppy" as the location.
The drive locations should already reflect where you installed Mepis.
Make the boot floppy.
Now you can set your bios boot order to "floppy - CD - whatever"
When you want to run the Mepis installation, boot with the floppy in the
drive.
Not very elegant but used to be common for linux installations.
best of luck
--
rich