Disapperance of a Grub menu after repairing a problem on a Windows partition

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 09:51:23AM -0700, Ashok Patel wrote:
> Hi, redhat folks. I have a question about GRUB boot
> menu disappearnce. I am quiet new to Linux
> environment. I have a good knowledge of Windows but
> not Linux. 
> 
> Currently on my AMD 550 Mhz Athlon system, I have two
> hard drives (harddrive 1 with 100 BG capacity and
> harddrive 2 with 30GB capacity). Hard drive 1 includes
> three partitions, each partition having Windows XP on
> it. Hard drive 2 includes ONLY Fedora core 1. 
> After installation of Fedora core I on hard drive2, I
> was getting GRUB menu (as usual) and then was able to
> boot into either Linux Fedora Core 1 or MS Windows.
> Then accidently due to some unknown reason, I was
> getting a problem on MS Windows XP of the third
> partition of hard drive 1. I fixed the problem on the
> third partion MS Windows. 
> 
> Now after repairing the third partition MS windows
> problem, what happened is that GRUB menu stopped
> appearing.
> 
> Now a days, IF I want to open Fedora Core 1, then I
> MUST use a Fedora Core I bootable CD. If I don't use
> the Fedora Core 1 bootable CD, then GRUB manu does not
> appear and computer instead boots direcly into Windows
> boot menu. 
> 
> My point is that I want to have GRUB menu back
> "without using the Fedora Core 1 bootable CD" so that
> I will have option of booting either into Fedora Core
> 1 or MS windows. Would anybody help me bringing the
> GRUB menu back. I don't want to insert the Fedora Core
> 1 bootbale CD each time to open Fedora Core I.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> -Ashok Patel
> ashokpatel at yahoo.com

Boot with your boot floppy to your FC1 installation.  Then, as root:

  grub-install /dev/hda

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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