Mike Dewar wrote: <snip> > Is there a way to restore grub or lilo without reinstalling linux? </snip> yeah, there is: http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=restore+grub > Cheers, sorry, i've got a cold. perhaps this is more helpful: http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/grubrestore/ > Mike Dewar bb