Linked by Barry Smith on Mon 1st Dec 2003 18:34 UTC
This is the second in my series of reviews for debian-based commercial distros that might be appropriate for SOHO use. The first article covered my exploration of Lindows, and this one is focused on Libranet. Before I get started with Libranet I want to clarify a couple of points. 
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I have 6 linux partitions on 2 drives, I install a new distribution of linux every week or so to test it out. GRUB or LILO constantly get zapped. Here is what fixes it for me.
1. Boot from a live CD like Knoppix, Morphix, Mepis, or my current favorite PCLinuxOS 2K4 ( http://www.pclinuxonline.com )
2. Go to a root command prompt, by CTRL+ALT+F2, or selecting a root terminal session.
3. Mount or remount as read write the partition that is your linux systems root partition:
mount -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
4. Go to chrooted enviroment, i.e. make your linux system use the drive we just mounted as our current "live" version of Linux:
chroot /mnt/hda1
5. Now we use GRUB to reinstall the bootloader back into the MBR of the hard drive:
grub-install /dev/hda
6. Reboot the system
Upon reboot (with the CD removed from the drive) grub should do it's thing again