GRUB will not be overwritten

Terry Polzin fox3ec208 at wideopenwest.com
Thu Jan 27 13:20:45 UTC 2005


On Thursday 27 January 2005 07:47, Krzysztof Kujawski wrote:
> I can't log in FC3 because MBR of GRUB was deleted via Windows
> new installation on partition with old windows, so partitions
> were not changed.
>
> I want reinstall my FC from disk 1 but after I have chosen  `new
> boot loader configuration' I obtained information that: `no
> packages were installed and  GRUB boot loader conf. will not be
> changed'. Maybe I must log as root before I run rescue CD or
> first disk.
You haven't wiped out your Fedora partitions yet have you?

If not boot recsue mode from CD1.
locate and mount existing fedora installations.
chroot /mnt/sysimage
/sbin/grub-install /dev/hd(x)

It's as simple as that.  
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