hi,

is there any possiblity to boot from cdrom from grub and install windows xp....if posiible then how it is done.........

advance thanx to one and all

thanx a lot

harish

why boot from GRUB? Doesn't your BIOS support booting from a CD?

hi

yes ,my BIOS supports cd-rom booting but now i want to install windows xp on my machine .......if i do so then i won't be able to boot in to linux (if i have too boot into linux then i need to use floppy.....which i don't want to use).some where i read that if i boot from grub with a cdrom then without distrubing my linux i can install ......so i just want to try that one..............


hope u will help me ..........

thanx a lot

with regards
harish

It doesn't matter how you start the Windows install, it will take over the MBR and lose your Linux boot loader ( temporary problem ) .
After the Windows install is completed, boot up with the Linux cd#1 and restore the grub.

hi,


how can i re-install grub .......can please give a detailed explanation plzzzzzzzz........

regards
harish

1. Boot your machine from your boot media (cdrom1) and type linux rescue to install to the command prompt.

2. Redhat displays a message “If you would like to make your system the root environment, run the command: chroot /mnt/sysimage”. Go ahead and do that.

3. At the prompt, type rdev and make a note of the output. For example, if it looks like this... " /dev/hda2 / " . This indicates that the Redhat root partition is on the first drive and second partition. You need that info for the next step.

4. Get into the grub configuration utility with the command: grub.
At the prompt grub> type the command: root (hd0,1) ; this will tell grub that the linux files it needs are on the first hard disk (hd0) and the second partition (1) of that drive. Change this to meet your configuration needs. For instance, if the linux files are on the second hard disk (hd1), first partition (0) of that drive then type root (hd1,0).
If you selected the correct location (where linux is installed), you should see a message as follows.... Filesystem type is Ext2fs, partition type is 0x83.
Then issue the following command: setup (hd0) ; this will install grub in the MBR of your first hard disk. You could change that to use the /boot partition if desired.
Exit the grub utility with the command: quit

You can also try to use grub-install /dev/hda to install grub on your first hard drive's MBR, but the method described above is the preferred one.

hi.....


thanx a lot for the help u have extended to me .........

regards
harish