[pchelpers] Re: Boot Record



        Nigel, I just found out that this will not work either. Now that
my system is back up I could query the Internet and for anyone
interested, here is the URL. 
        Cy

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue63/okopnik.html


On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:16:11 +1300 (NZDT) nigel.lemmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
> 
> Easy.  Boot from your W98 cd then run Fdisk with the switch /mbr. 
> (fdisk /mdr)  
> This re-writes the Master Boot Record.  This is the bit that gets 
> screwed by 
> the linux boot loader.  You might need to remove various non-dos 
> partitions 
> first, depending on how you had it set up with linux.
> 
> Nigel
> 
> 
> Quoting Cyril H Halbach <cyrilh@xxxxxxxx>:
> 
> >  I deleted my Linux Operating system which had installed a 
> multiple 
> > boot record. After that I could not get Windows to Boot. I used 
> the
> > original CDs that came with the computer and did a complete 
> restore,
> > still when I tried to boot from the hard drive all that appeared 
> on the
> > big black screen was LI and the machine was locked up. Then 
> restored
> > Windows from my Disk Image backup and the response was still the 
> same. 
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