[ltp] Rescue and recovery broken after installing Gentoo

[Bert Haskins]

Ben Jencks wrote:

>Well, I happen to have a WinXP cd lying around, so I started the
>recovery console on that. FIXMBR didn't do anything (the freebsd loader
>still ran), but FIXBOOT and FIXMBR in combination made it so I got a no
>NTLDR error on boot. Unfortunately, I still can't load R&R from disk, or
>use R&R from cd to restore to factory condition. I suppose I could try
>installing the copy of XP I have, but its product key is already used
>(maybe the key on the thinkpad will work?). Is it possible to use the
>windows MBR to load another operating system without having windows
>installed?
>
Yep, do it often.
Lots of howto info on the net.
It will be something like this {
[Boot Loader]
timeout=30
Default=C:\

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"
C:\bootsec.inx="RedHat FC 3"
}

When installing Linux tell Grub to boot off of the linux boot partition.
Not the MBR.

>
>Ben Jencks
>
>jgidi@umd.umich.edu writes:
>
>  
>
>>Hi Ben,
>>
>>I had a similar, but not identical, situation with my R51. My goal was
>>to have a
>>dual-boot WinXP/Linux system with the Software Restore working properly. I
>>discovered that if I wrote GRUB to the MBR, the Restore function was broken.
>>
>>I eventually resolved the problem by using the Windows bootloader to
>>call GRUB,
>>which was written on a /boot partition. Restore now works perfectly on my
>>system. Apparently it just can't handle having anything other than the Windows
>>bootloader on the MBR.
>>
>>You can probably recover your Recovery system by using a Windows boot disk to
>>rewrite the MBR. I don't recall the exact steps necessary to do this, but
>>Google is your friend :)
>>
>>Joe Gidi
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