partition mngr + grub

by smokey151 • 4 Oct 2007, 17:52 • Journals
i have grub 1.5 installed on my pc, when i boot i can choose between 8 types of ubuntu or "other operating system", being windows then i can choose between vista and xp

if i use partition manager to format the linux part of my hd, will that affect my grub? in what way? will i be able to boot? :o

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Chigoami 4 Oct 2007, 18:55
if u format the partition ur OS is on, u cant boot, if u have another partition with an OS u should be able to boot...

edit: yes 1st
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smokey151 4 Oct 2007, 19:00
i have three partitions, all have an OS, if i format two of them and leave 1 i can boot from that 1?
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Chigoami 4 Oct 2007, 19:02
prolly
there is a chance u'll have to change the active partition with a boot diskette: i'm not sure but it"s absolutely possible
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smokey151 4 Oct 2007, 19:02
i got enough experience with absolute possibilities to try smth like that, no thank you :)
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Chigoami 4 Oct 2007, 19:07
just make a boot diskette with sth like gdisk on it and change boot device to floppy / CD-rom (make a CD with it then...) in BIOS

in gdisk u can format and change active partition..
but prolly u wont even need that
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kiss 4 Oct 2007, 18:59
:O got ubuntu from my ext hdd ? :p
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smokey151 4 Oct 2007, 19:01
no i got it from the google engineer
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multiflx 4 Oct 2007, 19:14
it will probably will mess up your mbr, just rebuild grub by booting from the ubuntu live cd.

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