Linux lost Thru XP Reinstall

[rogger123]

Hi Guys,
I have windows XP and linux red hat 9 installed on my machine. some time back i had trouble with windows and had to format and reinstall it . but i forgot to do something abt my linux partition. so after i installed XP as usual i lost my MBR and could not boot in the linux partition. i tried using the intial floppy i created when i first installed linux. but it still does not boot. is there any way to get the installation back w/o having to reinstall linux???

Regards
Rogger

 

[IanP]

Try this link:

Regards,
IanP

 

[tuza2000]

use the first disk that you install redhat
restart your computer with cdrom
when the install screen appear type "linux rescue"
and enter
after several enter
type "chroot /mnt/sysimage"
and then type "grub-install /dev/hda"
restart your computer
hope this work


regards

 

[rogger123]

hi ,
Does the same apply if i have LILO. i don;t remember whether i had lilo or grub.
so when u say use the Cd rom and type "......" so do i need to use the command line mode or the gui mode?

Rgds
Rogger

 

[rogger123]

Hi Tuza,
when u say run grub-install /dev/hda
is hda refering to the boot partition for linux which could be hda* on my machine?
correct me if i am wrong

Rgds
Rogger

 

[electronrancher]

did you say you formatted? that may cause a problem because the disk would have been wiped clean.

 

[tuza2000]

grub-install /dev/hda means that reinstall the grub in your harddisk,and will not format the disk.

if you use lilo just type lilo and not grub-install /dev/hda