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From: "Régis Décamps" <regis@decamps.info>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:05:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42c4f5b20610311005q66f51bc7md49db15f0a49786d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20061030T170436-804@post.gmane.org>

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On 10/30/06, james <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > you just have to rerun grub setup.
>
> Hmmmm,
>
> If I install XP in the partition and it writes over the MBR,
> then, upon reboot, how do I get to grub.conf so I have the
> option to reboot the gentoo, then run grub setup?
>
>
On windows run:
fdisk /mbr
(or somethink similar I can't recall exactly)

That restores your previous bootloaker, ie grub.

Then boot normally and add in your grub/menu.lst:
title Windows/Mac OS X/whatever
    root (hd1,2)  <--- !!! change this !!!
    makeactive
    chainloader (--force )+1

-- 
Régis

http://regis.decamps.info/blog/

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-31 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-30 14:55 [gentoo-user] dual boot: XP installed last? James
2006-10-30 15:17 ` Allan Spagnol Comar
2006-10-30 16:11   ` [gentoo-user] " james
2006-10-30 16:48     ` Alan McKinnon
2006-10-30 16:49     ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-30 21:57       ` James
2006-11-01 17:53         ` Mark Shields
2006-10-31 18:05     ` Régis Décamps [this message]
2006-11-01 19:28       ` Mick
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2006-11-01 21:25 Eric Bohn

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