recovering grub after installing XP

[Gregory Pleau]

> David Tilbrook <dt-hKuJ9UrQZDM at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > The lowest partition on my laptop currently contains Windows2000
> > which I want to replace by XP.
> >
> > I am using RH9.2 in the other partitions.
> >
> > I believe that when I install XP it will change the boot partition
> > so that grub will no longer be in place, thus making it difficult
> > for me to boot RH.
> >
> > What measures do I take before installing XP so that I can recover
> > and reset the boot partition to bring up grub?

Worst case -

( I'd still make that floppy that Tim described )

Boot from Redhat CD1, with "linux rescue" then follow the prompts and let
RedHat's program chroot your old system. From there you can run grub-install
and put grub back. 

- Greg

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