To restore grub
1. Pop in the Mint Live CD, boot from it until you reach the desktop.
2. Open a terminal window.
3. In the terminal type
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quit[SOLVED???] Cannot get past BusyBox Error
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msuggs
Re: MINT 5 dual boot only boots to XP
My guess is that you installed XP second and it overwrote grub with it's own mbr
To restore grub
1. Pop in the Mint Live CD, boot from it until you reach the desktop.
2. Open a terminal window.
3. In the terminal type
4. Then
5. Type
6. Quit grub by typing
7. Reboot.
To restore grub
1. Pop in the Mint Live CD, boot from it until you reach the desktop.
2. Open a terminal window.
3. In the terminal type
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msuggs
Re: MINT 5 dual boot only boots to XP
is it possible to run
sudo fdisk -l
and show the output here
sudo fdisk -l
and show the output here
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rivenought
Re: Cannot get past BusyBox Error
I have a mix of one SATA hard drive and one PATA DVD-RW. I know Mint 5 as the primary OS install works fine with my combination. I just wanted to share that combo info with you for future reference. Good luck.