[Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP

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Thanks Hans.

I did overwrite the boot sector by using

fixboot
fixmbr
 
in the XP Revovery Console, and reinstall the GRUB to
MBR by reinstalling the whole RH9. I can boot into RH.
However, if I select to boot XP, I got the message:

NTLDR is missing.

I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT on the c:\ from the XP
boot CD, still got the same message saying 'NTLDR is
missing'.

When I install the Linux, I saw the file system in XP
partition was 'vfat'. In pamagic it shows 'fat'. - it
was 'ntfs'.

Any one has any idea about this?

Thanks very much

MQA

> > > Booting "WinXP"
> > > 
> > > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > > chainloader +1
> > > 
> > > GRUB loading stage2...
> > 
> > Boot from your XP rescue disks and rewrite the
> boot sector from there.
> > I'm not sure but I believe it's also possible to
> boot from the XP
> > install CD and do a rescue from there. Sadly I
> can't confirm it for you.
> 
> ...oh, and after that you'll have to reinstall GRUB
> to the MBR of your
> first disk since the XP rescue process most likely
> will overwrite both
> the boot sector of the XP partition and the MBR.
> 
> Hans
> 
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