RE: Will Windoze-95 install overwrite MBR?? (fwd)

[blah dircon co uk]

Hi,

Hmm, well reinstalling will write over the MBR without a doubt.  I don't think
you can tell 95 not to, all Microsoft software assumes it is the only thing ont
he machine.
My solution would be to put LILO onto a boot disk.  The reinstall 95 and THEN
after booting from the Linux LILO disk you could reinstall LILO back onto the
MBR...

Good luck,
Steve



On 06-Oct-97 micros50 wrote:
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>from: T. Bird
>email: micros50 computer net
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>My currentpartition table for the hard drive," /dev/hda" on my Linux box 
>looks as follows:
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>Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
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>   Device Boot   Begin    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
>/dev/hda1   *        1        1      549  1106752+   6  DOS 16-bit >=32M
>/dev/hda2          550      550     1023   955584    5  Extended
>/dev/hda5          550      550      560    22144+   4  DOS 16-bit <32M
>/dev/hda6          561      561      576    32224+  82  Linux swap
>/dev/hda7          577      577      592    32224+  83  Linux native
>/dev/hda8   *      593      593      796   411232+  83  Linux native
>/dev/hda9          797      797      847   102784+  83  Linux native
>/dev/hda10         848      848     1000   308416+  83  Linux native
>/dev/hda11        1001     1001     1023    46336+  83  Linux native
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>Disk /dev/hdc: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
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>   Device Boot   Begin    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
>---------------------
>Up untill about an hour ago the first partition "/dev/hda1" contained windoze
>95. Just a short while ago, while logged in as root, I quite accidentally 
>erased all the windoze95 files on that partition, all thats left on that 
>partition are a few empty directories. (Don't even ask me how I did this). 
>All other partitions were untouched and, the first partition "/dev/hda1"
>still exists as a valid DOS partition, it just no longer has any files on it.
>
>Now, here's what I've got to do. Since there are still a few windoze programs
>that a few people occsisionally still run around here, not me of course, 
>I need to enable this machine the option to be booted in Windoze or Linux
>using LILO, as people were able to do before I wiped out all the Windoze
>files. Therefore I have to re-install Windoze in that partition "/dev/hda1".
>Being that /dev/hda1 was not backed up on tape or anything my only option
>is to re-install Windoze on /dev/hda1/ using the origional Windoze
>installation
>CD ROM, which I have here at my disposal.
>
>Now, here's my question. Reinstalling Windoze is easy of course, any idiot can
>do it. My main concern and question is, when I  reinstall Windoze-95 on 
>/dev/hda1/ is there a danger that it may overwrite the MBR (Master Boot
>Record)
>and thus I will have problems accessing Linux via the current LILO prompt
>at boot time? Does Windoze-95 have a tendency to do this or is it just a 
>problem with OS/2 and Windoze-NT? Origionally Windoze 95 was installed on 
>/dev/hda1/ and Linux was installed afterward and LILO configured during the
>installation process. Now by reinstalling Windoze 95 I am essentially doing 
>opposite. Can I just go ahead and do this and expect no problems or is there 
>anything I  should watch out for?? Other than the possibility of the
>Windoze-95re-install process overwriting the MBR I can't think of any other 
>possibilities.
>
>Any  help, comments, etc. would be appreciated.
>
>/T. Bird
>/ micros50 computer net
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Date: 06-Oct-97
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