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I have installed window XP, window server 2003 and debian in my comuter. I can choose one of these to boot, However, after I reinstall server 2003 in the same ...
  1. 11-17-2005 #1
    qujulie
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    how to get boot manul back

    I have installed window XP, window server 2003 and debian in my comuter. I can choose one of these to boot, However, after I reinstall server 2003 in the same partition, I only can see XP and 2003 boot manul, no debian. But I can see Debian partition still there. I believe that only the boot manul has been changed.

    I need instruciton to get tne manul that includes these three operater system back.

    Thank you who can help me
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    When you reinstall windows it automatically takes control of the MBR (Master Boot Record), and will only allow you to boot into other windows OS's, so what you need to do is to reinstall GRUB or LILO (whatever bootloader you used with debian). If you have a debian install disc, then boot off that and choose the option to repair the installation. Use this to reinstall GRUB/LILO to the MBR.

    That should get things back to normal.
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