[wplug] Reinstalling windows on a dual boot

[Dileep Vangasseri]

Hello,
 
Thank you very much for your help. Yes, I have solved that problem. I was trying to boot the linux from my fedora core 3 rescue CD and was trying to get the boot loader back. But even after chroot /mnt/sysimage and grub-install /dev/hda, I was getting an error message as /dev/hda is not a valid block. I had reformatted the windows and had installed windows on hda1 (previously it was on hda2). However my /etc/fstab was with the previous configuration. I do not know if that was the problem. Anyway, I corrected my fstab and then performed the above operations once again and it worked. I really do not know if my fstab was creating some problems. 
 
Thank you for your time,
 
Regards,
Dileep

ted at vagrant.berzerker.net wrote:

Dileep,

You may have solved the bootloader plroblem by now, but in case you 
didn't, here is how I'd do it:

boot from your disc1 or rescue cd, tell it to find your installation
chroot /mnt/sysimage /bin/bash
grub

at the grub> prompt: 
root (hd0,1)
setup (hd0)
quit


That should set grub back up on the mbr for you, so you can reboot and the 
grub menu should be back. 

Ted

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