>>Hi I have a dual boot laptop running RedHat 9.0 and
>>XP pro. I was expierementing with Boot Magic, which
>>by the way would not boot RedHat. I have removed
>>Boot Magic since it would not boot linux but my
>>system now only boots to XP.
>>
>>I loaded knoppix and have determined that my linux
>>installation and all data are intact. I would really
>>like to go back to to using Grub with linux being
>>the default OS.
>>
>>Any ideas as to how to proceed are appreciated.
> No idea here, but... Seems MOST 'doze' inspired???
> programs like to 'eliminate' the 'enemy' (defined as
> LINUX)!!! Wonder if M$ had any 'input' to Boot Magic??
> Bet it doesn't do that to say 98se and xp or other
> 'approved' o/s's.
I very highly doubt there is any conspiracy here... When you uninstall an
alternate Windows boot loader application like Boot Magic, guess what, it sticks
the resets the drives MBR to hold the Windows Boot Loader. Since more than 98%
of the PCs run Windows, then statistically it makes perfect sense to do this...
To get grub installed in place of the Windows boot loader you will have to
either use a Linux rescue floppy or boot the install CD and go into rescue mode
to configure grub to put itself in the MBR.
Try "man grub" if you get back into your linux partitions or search google for
grub.conf files that will boot linux and windows...
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