Subject: RE: GRUB problem. Newbie Alert
From: John Peck (anjcp@uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 11:12:38 AKST
Grub is one of the Linux boot loaders. It is stored in the Master Boot
Record on the CMOS. Using a win boot floppy, run 'fdisk -mbr' then use
w2k boot floppies (or CD) to "repair an installation of w2k". This
should wipe out grub and allow w2k to replace it with its own boot
loader.
-John
-----Original Message-----
From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf
Of James Raynor
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:44
To: aklug@aklug.org
Subject: GRUB problem. Newbie Alert
I had a little Linux test lab going with 1 server and 3 client
machines. Now I need to put Winblowz back on 3 of the machines to
prepare them for a donation to a local charity. My plan was to blow
away the partitions with dos fdisk and then create a FAT32 partition.
I have a image of win2k created by Norton Ghost that I typically
install from the network using a ghost network boot disk. I can do all
of this without a problem, my problem arises when I try to boot the PC
after the image install. I get through POST fine but then I get a
quick, less then 3 seconds, flash of the words "GRUB Loading Stage 2"
and then back to POST like I rebooted, over and over and over again.
Do I need a low level format utility? I have no idea what is going
on. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, jim
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