Hi Bob, Problem solved. Tks for your detail advice. I'll keep it for future reference. B.R. SL --- "S.W. Bobcat" <swbobcat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It sounds like GRUB is messed up. Try This: > > 1) Take your master CD-DVD for the Distro and boot from it. > 2) When it comes up Type F5 and then type Linux Rescue > 3) Hit [Enter] --> Continue --> /mnt/sysimage > 4) Type chroot /mnt/sysimage > 5) Type grub-install /dev/sda [in my case -- in your case it may be > sdb or > whatever]. > > That *should* reinstall GRUB, you may then need to go to /boot/grub > and edit > by hand [or not] menu.lst. > > That *should* fix it... but then again, it might not, but at this > point it > does not sound like you have anything to lose by doing a little bit > of > hacking. In the worst case you might need to do a re-install of FC5, > in that > case do this: > > Start the Install process, yada, yada, yada, when it get to the point > where > it asks you what type of install you want to do select *custom* --> > *manual* > -->then *edit* your partitions. BUT *DO NOT* FORMAT / !!! Yada, > yada, yada. > You are now at the package installation: Select *only* the packages > for your > GUIs (Kde, GNOME, etc) , sys admin, and sys tools, unmark all other > packages, start the install. This will overwite your startup files > including > GRUB, while preserving the data on / [root] As a word of warning > when you > edit the partitions also make sure you *DO NOT* FORMAT /home !! If > you do > your toast, unless you have a backup of /home, in which case you > would have > to do a restore of /home ( which can be a pain in the @$$, especially > if you > backed it up with partimage as I sadly found out on kernels above > 2.6.10. > TIP: depending on what you use for your backup, the most reliable is > to back > up using the tar command. > > But first start by doing a re-install of GRUB, the take the more > drastic > action if necessary. > > Hope this helps. > > Bob > > > > >Hi folks, > > > >FedoraCore5_64 > > > >Grub on this box did not work ever since running "yum update" > updating > >"kernel-2.6.16-1.2133_FC5" a few days ago. On starting the PC only > >with "GRUB" popup on a black screen without other messages. Typing > >does not work, keystroke without function. I have to run a boot > floppy > >to start the box/PC. > > > ># uname -a > >Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 #1 SMP Tue Jun 6 > 00:51:53 > >EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > ># rpm -qa kernel > >kernel-2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 > >kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 > > > >The boot floppy was created on this box with > ># grub > >grub> root (hda0,0) > >setup (fd0) > > > > > >I tried to fix the problem with the boot floppy without success. > Steps > >performed as follows; > > > ># fdisk -l > >Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > >/dev/sda2 14 1734 13823932+ 83 Linux > >/dev/sda3 1735 3008 10233405 83 Linux > >/dev/sda4 3009 9729 53986432+ 5 Extended > >/dev/sda5 3009 3262 2040223+ 82 Linux swap / > >Solaris > > > >HD - SATA interface > >/boot on /dev/sda1 > > > > > >After starting the box/PC with the boot floppy > > > >1) > >On Konsole; > > > ># grub > >Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. > > > > GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) > > > > [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first > word, > >TAB > > lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the > >possible > > completions of a device/filename.] > > > >grub> root (hd0,0) > >root (hd0,0) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > >grub> setup (hd0,0) > > > >setup (hd0,0) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes > > Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes > > Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes > > Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,0)"... failed (this is not > >fatal) > > Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,0)"... failed (this is not > >fatal) > > Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0,0) /grub/stage2 p > /grub/grub.conf > >"... succeeded > >Done. > > > > > >Exited grub and rebooted the box/PC. Still failed to boot the > box/PC > >with only "GRUB" displayed on a black screen, no other messages. > >Keystroke did not work. > > > > > >2) > >On Konsole > > > ># grub > >Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. > > > > GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) > > > > [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first > word, > >TAB > > lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the > >possible > > completions of a device/filename.] > > > >grub> root (fd0) > >root (fd0) > > Filesystem type unknown, using whole disk > > > >grub> setup (hd0,0) > >setup (hd0,0) > >Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition > > > >Failed. Whether I need to mount the /boot partition (/dev/sda1) > first > >before running "grub"? The HD is working. Would it make confusion > >resulting in re-installing the complete FC5_64. > > > > > >Besides I can't mount the boot floppy, either as root or as user, to > >copy "grub" from it on /boot > > > >$ cat /etc/fstab > >... > >.... > >/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,user,kudzu 0 0 > > > >However I can mount a floppy with .txt files on it only by running > >"mount /mnt/floppy" > > > >It looks strange to me. Would the boot floppy only contain an > image. > > > >Please advise. TIA > > > >B.R. > >SL > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
