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<p>ScanMan wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Back up any vitally important data. Although it's
possible to install
<br>Win2K w/o messing up your linux partition, Microsoft repeatedly tries
to
<br>trick you into erasing it. When you are done installing W2K and you
want
<br>GRUB back, boot from the Mandrake CD, hit F1, and type "rescue". You
can
<br>then re-install GRUB.
<p>On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 02:01, Rodd Ahrenstorff wrote:
<br>> First:
<br>> Response to an older email: I was the newbie who brought the CD duplication
<br>> unit to the install fest...your certainly welcome. If we need
it for other
<br>> events, please feel free to ask. It shouldn't be too much trouble
using it
<br>> again in the future.
<br>>
<br>> Second:
<br>> I run Mandrake 8.1 (hda) dual booting Win2k (hdc) with GRUB.
I seem to have
<br>> a problem with my Win2k install. Corrupt dll files etc.. preventing
it from
<br>> booting properly. Can I simply reinstall Win2k on it's respective
HD without
<br>> affecting the GRUB boot loader? Thanks for your help...
<br>
<br><a href="https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list"></a> </blockquote>
Actually I just did exactly that (almost) I have a triple boot system
Linux/Win2k/Win98
<br>I booted into 98, nuked the 2k install, pointed 98 at the setup on
the 2k CD and away
<br>we went. Never touched lilo at all. YMMV
<br>RS
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