Goofed grub boot menu


	Goofed grub boot menu

qbitr8

1-13-2009 10:10 AM

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grub, boot, howto

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Fix for windows or other taking your linux boot menu.

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Due to wrong sequence of installation of windows over a Linux system, windows erases the existing boot-loader from boot sector of the hard disk. It overwrites existing boot sector with the windows boot-loader (NTLDR).
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