On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, mehmet turkoglu wrote:

> Windows can just eat your grub loader at MBR(master Boot Record) if you 
> re-install windows for some reasons.

Sure.  Didn't you read what you quoted? -

> On 6/21/05, Filippo Cattaneo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
[...]
> > The caveat: first read how to restore the NT (XP) bootselector and
> > bootloader, just in case you mess up a bit. Also, even if you have 
> > separate
> > HDs, DO A PROPER BACKUP! I don't backup anything on purpose anymore, but I
> > have a decent standing backup policy and I lucked into never losing a byte
> > of useful data in a Linux install.

But actually, the GRUB installer will do a pretty good job of working 
out what's there, and replacing the Win-only MBR with a GRUB MBR 
afterwards.  Keeping a GRUB recovery disk(ette) could be a useful 
option, but in my experience it isn't essential.


Booting Knoppix from CD is a fine recovery technique, as another 
contributor to the list already said.  GRUB can be re-installed from 
there.