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Old 07-26-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Grub: Won't boot

hello all...

I have Windows Xp installed on Hda and Knoppix on hdb everything was going perfect untill I had the brilliant idea to reformat Windows... now... linux wont boot... I get to grub... but when it tries to boot linux, it gets an error and tells me to insert dystem disk... well i have the boot floppy and it works, with it i can boot into linux.. but my question (and keep in mind I've only been using linux for about a month)... how do I transfer the floopy's contents to hdb so i don't have to insert floppy every time i want to boot linux?

What command would i use... or should i just copy the contents and paste them WHERE?

I'm sorry if it's a stupid question... but i need help with this..

thanx in advanced.
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Once you are in your Knoppix system, open a terminal, login to root.
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