--- vodhner@cox.net wrote:

> I currently have grub doing my boot-loading, but I'd
> like to enable the Windows XP boot loader if
> possible.  If not, tough toenails . . .
> 
> I am not about to rebuild my seldom-visited Windows
> environment, but would like to experiment with the
> MS boot loader setup so that I can advise a friend
> who wants to dual-boot without taking boot
> management away from MS.  (He has another friend who
> helps him on the Windows side, and I don't want to
> rock that boat.)
> 
> So, given the XP setup disk, is there a way to
> restore just the boot setup without endangering my
> Linux partitions?  Then I can set up boot.ini to
> point to my Centos partition and also to my grub
> loader for the other handful of boot environments I
> use.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vic
> 

if you go into the system restore utility to get a
command line from the windows setup disk. run
"fixmbr". I know it has limitations, but don't
remember them. Once that's done, you should be able to
boot windows and edit boot.ini.


Shin zen ni rei
-j


	
		
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