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The system is not running knoppix. It's running Redhat linux I think.
You can backup apps? :|
The system is not running knoppix. It's running Redhat linux I think.
You can backup apps? :|
Oh redhat? Well you can call redhat customer support. And yes you can back up youre whole system like in windows.
Well thats making an img.. but restoring the image would leave me with the same no GRUB problem...
Well, no. It will install an operation system, like a clean install, exept that it has all your software and settings. Get it?
well im not sure if i can help you further. Just download a software that does this (too lazy to look for one)
Recovering GRUB after reinstalling Windows
As above, when Windows is reinstalled, the master boot record will be overwritten. This can be avoided by backing up the boot sector, by following the instructions from step 2 in the above section 'Installing Windows After Ubuntu'. An alternative method is to use the Ubuntu LiveCD to reinstall the GRUB boot sector, here are step-by-step instructions, to be run after Windows has been reinstalled:
- Boot into a LiveCD .....You have an Ubuntu Live CD right?
- Open a terminal
- Open the GRUB Command line utility by typing
sudo grub
- Tell GRUB where your Ubuntu partition is by entering
- root (hdA,B).... IN YOUR CASE root (hd0,1)...... Ubuntu is on your 1st harddrive 2nd partition
Where 'A' is the hard-drive number, starting at 0, and 'B' is the partition number, starting at 0. For example, if Ubuntu was installed on the second partition of the first hard-drive, the command should be
root (hd0,1).... RUN THIS.....there is a space between ROOT and (
- Tell GRUB which drive to put the boot sector on
setup (hd0,1)... RUN THIS....... will install GRUB to partition and not MBR.....
there is a space between SETUP and (
If you run...... setup (hdo)....... it will install GRUB to MBR.
- Leave the GRUB Command line
- quit..RUN THIS
and reboot. This will not give dual-boot yet.
If this works post back and I will help with the next part. This is the link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
Last edited by ManyBeers; 23 Dec 2009 at 02:29. Reason: for clarity
TG;
If you have been successful in installing Grub into the Red Hat Linux partition, you can now try this again:
Add this line to the end of your boot.ini:
c:\linux.bin="Red Hat Linux"
Then Dump Linux boot sector to a file. Boot to Linux and type the following:
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/linux.bin bs=512 count=1
Copy the file: linux.bin from Linux to the C: of your Windows XP and reboot.
It should work this time, and you should be able to boot to Linux through the Windows boot manager.
Cheers!
Robert