Re: Suse versus XP pro Boot Loader
From: Chris Priede (priede_at_panix.com)
Date: 08/16/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:49:51 -0400
tired, & the wifes almost gone wrote:
> When Installing Suse 9.1 on partion, Boot loader replaces MBR and XP
> will not boot.
It should be offering you some choices as to where install the boot loader.
Although I am not familiar with SUSE specifically, that is standard. My
rule for that is to *never* install the boot loader in the MBR.
Install it in the superblock of your /boot or / partition, then use Disk
Management (XP) or fdisk (Linux) to set that partition active. If anything
goes wrong, you can always change the active partition back to Windows.
> I have reinstalled XP 3 times now and am tired. XP will not repair
> the MBR and I am left with no way of booting XP.
You can repair the MBR by booting from the Windows XP CD-ROM and using the
fixmbr command in the recovery console:
You can also use "fdisk /mbr" with a Windows 9x startup disk, if you happen
to have one handy -- the standard MBR code hasn't changed in the last 20
years.
-- Chris Priede (priede@panix.com)
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