On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 03:02 -0700, Chris Kirk wrote: > On 8/13/05, David Niemi <drn_temp2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 02:24 -0700, Chris Kirk wrote: > > So, grub appears to be installed but not working properly. I don't know > > much about that particular error. > > > > Boot into linux using either your rescue CD or the boot disk. If you > > booted into x-windows with the boot cd, log in as the user you created, > > preferably not root at this point in time. If you booted using the CD > > skip the next paragraph. > > > > Open a terminal window and type "su -" and give your root password, to > > become temporarily the superuser. > > > > Type "cd /boot/root" and type "grub" and you will now be at the "grub>" > > prompt. Now issue the command "root (hd0,0)" to tell grub where it's > > root device is installed to. > > > > Next type "setup (hd0)" to install grub to the MBR. Now type "quit" to > > exit grub. Check that your grub.conf file refers to (hd0) with similar > > lines to what you had above by typing "cat grub.conf". Now hopefully it > > should boot from the hard drive. > > > > If you need to copy the grub files back to the /boot/grub directory of > > your install, the original files should be located in a directory off > > of /usr/share/grub/ depending on your install. > > Hey, > > Thanks for trying to help but I don't seem to be getting anywhere. I > did like you said, I had FC4 booted up from the floppy with GRUB in it > and opened a Terminal Window. > > I su - to root and put in the root password, and then did > cd /boot > grub > got the grub> > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0,0) > hit ctrl c and then did > cd grub > cat grub.conf > and the grub.conf file looked just like I think it should. > > I think I may have an idea on what may be causing it. When I load GRUB > from the floppy it does GRUB Loading stage2.......................... > But then when I takeout the floppy and try and load GRUB from the > harddrive it says > GRUB Loading stage1.5. > > Do you have any idea on how to switch the harddrive grub to run > stage2? Or any other ideas on how to fix it? > "setup (hd0)" NOT "setup (hd0,0)", and type "quit" to exit the "grub>" prompt. You may need to copy those files over from the directory under /usr/share/grub/ to "/boot/grub". I'll see what I can find on that error.
