? grub - XP,Ubuntu, Xubuntu

[Dennis Castanos]

ok !  How do you re-install grub assuming it is sitting with MBR so that
I can get back my XP, Fiesty, say Suse os's if broken? - Dennis


On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 22:51 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2007/10/15 19:13 (GMT-0700) Dennis Castanos apparently typed:
> 
> > I did a default install on Feisty, so I assume the default uses MBR for
> > grub.  How do I backup the MBR or do I backup grub.  or are they one in
> > the same.  I've always been confused with MBR AND GRUB.
> 
> The MBR is the first sector on a disk. Grub lives in your /boot partition if
> you have one. Otherwise, Grub lives in the /boot/grub directory on your /
> partition. When Grub is "installed" to the MBR, it means Grub's alter ego is
> located there, whose purpose is to redirect the boot process to the location
> where Grub actually lives. One doesn't normally "backup" Grub. Reinstalling
> it is the normal procedure to follow if Grub gets broken. You can, and I do,
> backup Grub's menu config file: /boot/grub/menu.lst.
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