Hi, I have Windows XP installed on the first partition, then i installed Mandrake 10.1 and instructed it to put the GRUB bootloader onto the MBR. then, I installed Knoppix last by using the "tohd=" cheatcode and added the grub entry for knoppix from mandrake. then, i changed my mind and from mandrake, i deleted the knoppix partition, fixed the grub entry. after a day, i decided to reinstall mandrake, but this time, i didn't put grub on the MBR, i put it on the mandrake partition. after restarting from the installation, i only see the word "GRUB" on my screen. the hard part here is that of all the rescue CDs i have (BART PE and linux live cds), none have fdisk on it that i can use to fix the mbr.

QUESTION: does anybody have an idea to fix the mbr using KNOPPIX? i know i can do it with a dos boot disk, but i haven't got the boot disk nor a working floppy drive to insert a boot disk. I have to be less dependent of M$ windows now and so i'm looking for a linux alternative. I know you'd think that i'm such a **** to let that happen, but it happened already and i need your help. Thanks!

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It seems that i'm not alone with my problem... i browsed a blog at http://www.davidpashley.com/cgi/pyblosxom.cgi/debian and on his blog entry on Sun, 27 Jun 2004, he encountered the problem almost exactly as mine. i just would want to avoid having to reinstall XP... silly me... if only i could turn back time... any other ideas, guys?