Restoring grub

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Sat Jan 17 10:28:51 EST 2004


I still prefer to brows the web in windows. I just don't like the 
linux web browsers. that will hopefully change when mozilla becomes 
accessible.On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:01:05AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Darragh writes:
> > I think web browsing still has a long way to go before I would do it in
> > linux all the time.
> 
> 
> I know people say this, but my experience is quite the opposite. Of
> course, there are pages that don't work accessibly in Linux, but many of
> those pages also don't work in Windows. I say that because I've tried
> them both ways.
> 
> So, yes all that javascript may not be accessible with links, but a lot
> of it doesn't work with IE either.
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Darragh
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker at octothorp.org>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:40 AM
> > Subject: Re: Restoring grub
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >      Maybe you should consider it a good thing that WinXP messed up
> > > once again and try to live without it.  But if you must have it, do this.
> > > First, at a shell prompt, type mkbootdisk <kernel_version>.  I have the
> > > latest Fedora Speakup kernel, so I'd say:
> > > mkbootdisk 2.4.22-2f.nptlspk2
> > > Actually, you can change directory to /lib/modules.
> > > If you have only one kernel installed, just type mkbootdisk <tab>, where
> > > <tab> is the tab key and backspace over the /.  Next, reinstall the ugly.
> > > Using the bootdisk to
> > > get back into Linux, do:
> > > grub-install /dev/hda
> > > This assumes that you're booting from the master disk on the first
> > > controller.
> > >           HTH.
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill in Denver
> > >
> > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Darragh wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have to reinstall windows xp but the first thing it'll do is put its
> > boot information into the master boot record.  how can I
> > > >
> > > > 1 create a boot disk for Fedira
> > > >
> > > > 2 restore Grub so I get the boot up screen that I get now?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Darragh
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