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Tech Time V: Windows strikes back

croxiscroxis I am the walrus
in Zocalo v2.0
I am going to upgrade windows (finaly! I bought a copy of Win XP Pro!), but I want to back my MBR is case the upgrade erases lilo (a boot loader). How do I do this?

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Here is how to fix that:

    Write a Linux boot disk.

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    Then you can boot from that disk and rewrite Lilo from Linux if it does erase it.

    I don't know about how to rewrite it in Lilo, but I know you can do it. I have had to do that for Grub before. Just make sure you do it with the MBR and not the first booting HD when you restore it - otherwise you will have a TON of problems!
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Thats what it is called! Yes, I have grub. How do I go about making a boot disk in linux?
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    Windows hasn't erased the MBR since the 9x days. However, if you're THAT paranoid then make an entry in the boot.ini for Linux. (run a search on google)

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    [This message has been edited by Vertigo1 (edited 11-26-2002).]
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    [quote]Originally posted by Vertigo1:
    [b]Windows hasn't erased the MBR since the 9x days. However, if you're THAT paranoid then make an entry in the boot.ini for Linux. (run a search on google)

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    True...but you can still do it manually. And occasionally you have to. So having a Linux boot disk is never a bad idea.

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    BTW - with the RedHat CD, you can always boot and enter recovery mode - which allows you access to most linux commands...including the ability to write the MBR again.
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [quote]Originally posted by Random Chaos:
    [b] True...but you can still do it manually. And occasionally you have to. So having a Linux boot disk is never a bad idea.
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    Actually, having a linux boot disk is required to be able to do what I mentioned above. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] (to set it up that is)

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    [b][url="http://www.savefarscape.com/"]SAVE FARSCAPE![/url][/b]
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