 | | | (another) GRUB problem | (another) GRUB problem 2002-08-19 - By Konsta kjlkjl
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Thanx a lot! I fixed the problem I can boot through
GRUB but not in a graphical mode!! That is I have to
type in 3 commands b4 to boot an os!
Do u have any clue of changing back to graphical?
Thanx a lot in advance!
Konstantinos
--- Peter Boy <pb@(protected) > wrote:
> ** Reply to note from Konsta kjlkjl
> <bousmalk@(protected) > Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:05:48 -0700
> (PDT)
>
>
> > until I got
> > my HD to another computer and try to boot it from
> > there(there was a geometry error then) and it
> seems
> > that somehow the booting thingy is affected. I
> want to
> > reinstall GRUB and make it work w/o losin data.
> Could
> > u help out? (It gives me an error 17)
>
> First you have to boot a workable system. Because
> your grub is broken I suppose
> your system will not boot anymore. Your have to boot
> from the first installation
> CD. At the first prompt you have to write: linux
> rescue (or press F4 and follow
> the instructions).
>
> The rescue mode will try to find your installation
> partition. It presents you a
> list of partitions you may choose from. Select the
> proper one and mout it as
> described in the helper screen.
>
> If there is a geometry problem you might not be able
> to mount it or, if you can,
> the directory doesn 't contain useful information. In
> this case your data may
> be lost or you have to go back to the old machine.
> Check, if you can read the files
> from the mounted partition.
>
> If you can read the data, chances are good. You have
> to identify your /boot
> direcotry. You may have choosen to put it in a
> separate partition and mount it into
> / or you may have one partition for / where /boot is
> an ordinary subdirectory.
>
> you should make chroot /mnt/sysimage at the
> command prompt. You can now work
> with your system as usual.
> Type
> df
> and the output shows you wether /boot is a seperate
> partition and the partition
> identifier (e.g. /dev/hda1)
>
> I you dont have a separate /boot partition simply
> invoke
> grub-install /dev/hda
> This installs the bootloader into the mbr of your
> first IDE drive (or /dev/sda if
> have SCSI)
>
> If you have a separate /boot partition you have to
> invoe
>
> grub-install --rooot-directory=/boot /dev/hda
>
>
> grub-install is a script located in /sbin (just in
> case it is not in your path)
>
>
>
> Hope it will help.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
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>
> Dr. Peter Boy
> University of Bremen
> Centre for Social Policy Research
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