On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 10:26:06AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Chris Kirk wrote: > >Hey Guys, > > > >I just recently, well yesterday actually installed FC4 on my old PC. I > >downloaded the iso files and burned them to a disk and did all the > >checks and they all passed. > > > >I installed it as a Desktop and just did the default settings because > >I am pretty new at this sort of stuff. I have an HP system that has > >the auto-partitioned system with a D: recovery drive. When installing > >FC4 I selected to do an automatic thing and just remove my Windows > >drive so I believe it should have wiped that all out. > > > >It said it did the install successfully and it did the post > >installation stuff and everything and then told me to take out the CD > >and hit reboot. I did so and then it loaded a blakc screen with a > >white text saying > > > >GRUB Loading stage2... > >and a blinking _ on the next line. > > > >I turned off the PC and turned it back on only to have the same problem. > > > >If anyone has any suggestions at all please let me know as I am > >totally lost to this! > > > >Thanks in advance! > > I am loathe to respond since I don't have all the facts at home but I have had this problem and it is caused (at least in every case I have seen) by grub-install not working properly. The solution is to boot with the rescue disk and do a chroot /mnt/sysimage and instead of running grub-install run the two commands root followed by setup. What I am vague about is the parameters for these two commands. My memory is something like: root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) with the arguments changed to fit your machine which may not be using hd0 and partition 0. You can check the right parameters by doing an: info grub Of course, if you don't have a working system you can't do info grub. I just did that and commands above are correct, if you want to put the boot sector in the MBR of hda. -- ======================================================================= "No one talks peace unless he's ready to back it up with war." "He talks of peace if it is the only way to live." -- Colonel Green and Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
