Bob Goodwin wrote:
Alastair Neil wrote:
On 10/25/06, *Bob Goodwin* <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
*I just tried an upgrade rather than a
complete
reformat and install for the first time with
Fedora anything.
When it booted for the first time it stopped
with "grub" printed to the screen and
apparently
sits there in its editor function waiting
for
some command. I don't know what it wants or
what to do next.
FC6 is installed on an 80g sata drive
replacing
a working FC5 install.
The "rescue disc" is not much help, probably
because I don't know the right command?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Bob Goodwin*
sounds similar to problem I experienced. I booted into rescue mode
then issued a chroot /mnt/sysimage.
cd /boot/grub and check the device.map file. Assuming your system
disk is /dev/sda it should have:
(hd0) /dev/sda
if it doesn't, modify it so it does and run:
grub-install /dev/sda
Also check the /boot/grub.conf file and see if the various files are
being referenced to the correct device partition, it should be
(hd0,0) if your system drive is the first device.
Hope this helps, Alastair
Yes it helps, now if I can fix the problem.
device.map appears corrupted:
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/st
d
(hd1) /dev/sdb
My big problem is "vi"
I have never learned the commands and it's a science project every
time I am forced to use it!
I normally use a simple text editor called e3em which uses emacs
commands. I'll muddle through.
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin
Ok, I managed to repair GRUB but now when it boots I have two options,
the one it wants to boot [highlighted], the second line, is shown as fc6PAE?
More cryptic stuff. perhaps someone can tell me what that's about?
Bob Goodwin
