NO BOOTLOADER NO LINUX

[sahil_blues]

i successfully installed mandrake 10.1 on a 15gb partition of my 80 gb hard disk(having win xp on other main partition)...i problem is that i accidently skipped the step of installing boot loader ad now iam unable to boot into mandrake...wat shud i do?? also is it necessary to install the boot loader in mbr...cant i install it in the root linux partition or in a floppy and hav win xp in a dual boot??

 

[swatkat]

Boot into ur System using CD 1 of Mandrake and then, there should be Rescue Option there, choose it....
then type this command.....
grub-install /dev/hda

i dont know the exact procedures in Mandrake 10.1 as i am not using it, but the above command is a standard one to reinstall GRUB boot loader in MBR.....
Also backup these files of WinXP ( before doing reinstalling GRUB) in a Floppy by copying these files to it...
1]Hal.dll
2]boot.ini
3]ntldr
4]ntdetect.com