Subject: RE: GRUB problem. Newbie Alert
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 11:29:23 AKST
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 11:12, John Peck wrote:
>
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> 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
It appears to me that GNU/Linux puts its boot loaders in a different
location in the first sector. Win32 doesn't seem to touch this area
during installs. If you know this will happen you can un-install Linux
boot loaders before re-installing Win32. There is also an option in
Linux fdisk that will write an empty DOS partition table (or Sun), this
will get rid of Linux boot loaders. A Linux boot/rescue cd will have
fdisk on it, I even use an old Redhat 6.2 disk just for the fdisk.
-- Greg Madden Precision Air Balance, Inc. Phone: 907-276-0461 email: pabi@gci.net--------- To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org> with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
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