Re: Grub without Linux.

2007-05-17 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:47:05PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a machine with two disks. /dev/hda has > Windows 98; /dev/hdb has Debian Etch. Grub > starts either system. The root partition for > Grub is in Debian, (hd1,0). > > I want to move the Debian drive to another > ma

Re: Grub without Linux.

2007-05-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 08:41:36PM +0200, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007 08:51:25 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:12:02PM +0800, Mr. Ray Chan wrote: > > > 1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; > > > 2. After your s

Re: Re(2): Grub without Linux.

2007-05-15 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 18:31 -0700, Easthope wrote: > At Tue, 15 May 2007 12:12:02 +0800 Mr. Ray Chan wrote, > '1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; > 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR";' > > At Tue, 15 May 2007 20:41:36 +0200 Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote, > "fdisk /mbr wi

Re(2): Grub without Linux.

2007-05-15 Thread Easthope
At Tue, 15 May 2007 12:12:02 +0800 Mr. Ray Chan wrote, '1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR";' At Tue, 15 May 2007 20:41:36 +0200 Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote, "fdisk /mbr will solve the problem." The system was given to my mother witho

Re: Grub without Linux.

2007-05-15 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Tue, 15 May 2007 08:51:25 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:12:02PM +0800, Mr. Ray Chan wrote: > > 1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; > > 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR"; > > 3. Done. > > but that means if h

Re: Grub without Linux.

2007-05-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:12:02PM +0800, Mr. Ray Chan wrote: > 1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; > 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR"; > 3. Done. but that means if he wants to install another OS on that system, he'll have to reinstall GRUB. much better to just

Re: Grub without Linux.

2007-05-14 Thread Mr. Ray Chan
1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR"; 3. Done. [EMAIL PROTECTED] さんは書きました: > Debian users, > > I have a machine with two disks. /dev/hda has > Windows 98; /dev/hdb has Debian Etch. Grub > starts either system. The root partiti

Grub without Linux.

2007-05-14 Thread peasthope
Debian users, I have a machine with two disks. /dev/hda has Windows 98; /dev/hdb has Debian Etch. Grub starts either system. The root partition for Grub is in Debian, (hd1,0). I want to move the Debian drive to another machine and leave the Windows disk in working order. Reinstalling Gru