On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 18:36, 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? > Thanks! > > Keith Bachman GRUB keeps its configuration in the /boot directory (often times this is its own partition) as long as you don't nuke that the config should be fine. You will just need a boot disk to be able to get back into the linux system to re-install GRUB on the MBR. I don't remember the commands off the top of my head but I belive they are something along the lines of the following... (DON'T ENTER THE STUFF AFTER THE ##, it's a comment) As root type: root at yourbox:# grub grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 grub> root (hd0,0) ##set hd0,0 to the output of the find command grub> setup (hd0) (stuff should output the othe screen) grub> exit That should re-install it, just know that GRUB's device syntax differs from Linux's (hda1=hd0,0 hdb3=hd1,2). for more info on GRUB, type: info grub Hope that at least gets you in the right direction. -- The Wandering Dru <dru at druswanderings.net> _______________________________________________ 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