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Gareth Cranny <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:25:20 -0500
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Thanks to both of you guys!  When I finally got a chance, I simply rebooted
it with the win2k cd in and ran a fresh install.  Thanks to recent backups
I'm up in no time.

Cheers

> Gareth,
> Since it's installed on a fat32 partition, you should be able to restore
the
> master boot record with "fdisk /mbr" from a win98 floppy. This will,
however,
> make linux unbootable, except with a floppy.  So if you want to be able to
> dual boot, you'll have to boot linux first, and make a boot floppy.  I'm
not
> sure where to do it under Corel Linux.  Also, you may need to look at the
> howtos at http://www.linuxdoc.org to see how to dual boot win2k and Linux.
I
> don't recall if there's any tricks to it or not.
>
> Glen Sagers
>
>

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