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I have dual-boot XP and Karmic. I want to practice restoring the grub, before any emergency occurs I plan to use the following thread: Grub/XP/Vista Bootloader - Ubuntu Forums I ...
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    How to damage or remove the grub? :)

    I have dual-boot XP and Karmic.

    I want to practice restoring the grub, before any emergency occurs

    I plan to use the following thread:
    Grub/XP/Vista Bootloader - Ubuntu Forums

    I would be grateful if someone could tell me an easy way to damage the grub. For example, re-installing XP always damages the grub, but I'm sure there are quicker ways to do the same thing
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    If you are going to try something like this make sure you have a backup of everything you don't want to lose. It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

    Then boot your Windows XP CD (if you have one) in to recovery console and run the command

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    if I remember rightly that will have the same effect on grub as installing XP
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    There are a lot of ways to damage it.

    * Delete /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
    You won't be able to fix grub using any software. You create new menu.lst file manually.
    * Use SuperGRUB CD to re-install Windows Boot Loader.
    Re-install grub manually using commands through LiveCD of any Linux distro.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Delete /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
    I don't have a menu.lst file

    $ locate menu.lst
    /usr/share/doc/memtest86+/examples/grub-menu.lst
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldGrantonian View Post
    I don't have a menu.lst file

    $ locate menu.lst
    /usr/share/doc/memtest86+/examples/grub-menu.lst
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    Karmic uses Grub 2 which is very different to Grub. You will need to make sure that your chosen recovery technique takes that into account
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    Quote Originally Posted by elija View Post
    Karmic uses Grub 2 which is very different to Grub. You will need to make sure that your chosen recovery technique takes that into account
    The method that I propose to use (unless someone posts an objection) is here:
    Grub/XP/Vista Bootloader - Ubuntu Forums

    This link mentions both grub2 and older.
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