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Re: redhat, windows and MBR

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Subject: Re: redhat, windows and MBR
From: Ionut Georgescu <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:46:03 +0200
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WinXP overwrites the MBR and will always change the active partition to
the WinXP partition when it boots. What I did was to install grub in the
MBR (has been posted on the list). Windows will then leave the MBR
intact.

Ionut


On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 06:21:52PM -0700, Michael Whang wrote:
> can anyone tell me exactly what happens with the MBR as you install redhat 
> with XFS and windows XP?  Where are the kernel images...where is /boot?  Im 
> trying to dual boot xfs and xp.  I installed XFS and it was booting fine.  
> Then I installed XP, after which the boot loader screen did not come up 
> anymore.  So i booted off of floppy to change the active partition back to 
> the /boot partition, but now all i get is "error loading operating system." 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
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