Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I tried that and it seemed to work. When I ran > 'grub-install /dev/hda5' it reported 'no errors' and > seemed to execute successfully. However, upon reboot, > I am back to XP bootup. Is there another step that I > need to include? > > Steps so far: > > 1. Boot up with live CD (Knoppix) > 2. Activate shell and go root > 3. Mount /dev/hda5 as /mnt/hda5 > 4. chroot /mnt/hda5 /bin/bash > 5. grub-install /dev/hda5 > (snip)
The MBR did not get updated: still points to XP. I wonder whether live Knoppix allows write access to the MBR. I prefer to re-install MBR by booting grub from a floppy. My Linux boot partition is hda3, so: grub> root (hd0,2) Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x93 grub> setup (hda) grub> reboot This doesn't install grub, it just writes the MBR. You could use grub> root (hd1,x) grub setup (hda) if your grub boot files are in hdb(x+1). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
