On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:30:39PM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > not sure of the topicality of this here but... > > i've got a computer with ntldr messing up. since i don't have a windows xp > disk, i have no way of fixing this (besides torrent). so, i was hoping to > find some sort of quick install that just shoved grup on the system and made > a minimal partition for /boot (and whatever else is required for grub). > > as it is, i can't find anything that does this. so i'm curious of everything > that grub depends on? just /boot or do i need some config files in /etc and > do i need any binaries for it? i'm not interested in maintaining grub from > the system (it would just be maintained from a boot cd if at all). i just > need it to boot and work. i'm going to use gparted to make a ~10 meg > partition (i think that's all i should need). > > ... unless anyone knows of a system that does all of this for me, then i'll > just let it ride and not worry about anything?
I've always used super grub disk . I don't think it will make partitions, maybe subdirectories. It can probably install grub without new partitions. But it might also restore a windows boot. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110324205405.GA12889@Europa.office
