Hareesh Nagrajan : saw ur blog
Hareesh Nagrajan : grub-install /dev/hda
Hareesh Nagrajan : use a Live CD like Knoppix
Hareesh Nagrajan : and restore mbr
Hareesh Nagrajan : like dait
nalin_makar : ok thats will keep that in mind next time
Hareesh Nagrajan : very common problem
nalin_makar : had no idea how to do it… so was going to reinstall… but the repair worked..
nalin_makar : so am happy now
Hareesh Nagrajan : do u have a USB disk?
nalin_makar : nope
Hareesh Nagrajan : if u do
Hareesh Nagrajan : u can can create an image of ur windowz clean partition
Hareesh Nagrajan : dd if=/dev/hda1 of=./windows_backup
Hareesh Nagrajan : and then restore it in Linux
Hareesh Nagrajan : dd is a wonderful tool that creates an IMAGE
nalin_makar : ok
Hareesh Nagrajan : i’ve done that for my ipod
Hareesh Nagrajan : no need ipod updater etc.
nalin_makar : what do u mean restore it in linux ? what purpose does it serve ?
Hareesh Nagrajan : the funda is the same as this
Hareesh Nagrajan : this applies to an IPOD
Hareesh Nagrajan : it cud apply to anything. eg windows partition
Hareesh Nagrajan : http://ipodlinux.org/Installation_from_Linux
Hareesh Nagrajan : Backup
Hareesh Nagrajan : Uninstalling iPod Linux
Hareesh Nagrajan : look at those sections
nalin_makar : ok…