My issue come from knoppix and bbc not wanting to mount anything as rw 
on my prmary computer. I think they do not like my laptop, but I guess 
that is life

Lets assume that somehow you hose your mbr trying to dual boot your 
install (lets say xp and 2000, and on the other hand 2 differnt 
kernel)... You have to admit that one of these seems to be a lot easier 
than the other:

A. 1.Boot xp cdrom and hit F-something when prompted
    2.Type fixmbr

B. 1.Boot linux distro (pray to god that you do not need additional 
kernel modules for reiser, or whater fugly filesystem you might be using)
    2.Mount filesystem (pray to god that you can get it to mount rwx, 
cause I have had issues on occasion)
    3.Edit /etc/lilo.conf (pray to god that you do not screw it up more)
    4.Run /sbin/lilo

Although I am a religious fellow, praying should not be playing such a 
prominant roll in fixing my mbr.

Also: you have to admit that the boot.ini is prettier than some fugly 
lilos...
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home 
Edition" /fastdetect

And if I wanted to add 2000 on lets say hda2 I would just add something 
like:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000"

Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 14:45, Rob Wultsch wrote:
> 
>>For me I know that windows xp does not being on the first partiton, no 
>>matter where you put it... (your milage may vary)  Have I told you guys 
>>how much I wish that someone would put out a linux disk that was the 
>>eqivilant of the recovery console? (Though I am sure there is one out 
>>there..)
> 
> ----
> Tom's boot disk is a floppy based emergency disk
> 
> RedHat CD's work terrifically in 'linux rescue' mode
> 
> The issue probably isn't the emergency boot disk, it's the fact that you
> want some toolkit assistance to fill in the gap of your knowledge. I
> have used the Win2K/XP recovery console many times...it's rather limited
> in use. I much prefer booting a RedHat CD in rescue mode - I have a
> phenomenal amount of options available to me.
> 
> Craig
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