On Dec 3, 2007 6:11 PM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gordon Messmer > >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:50 PM > >To: For users of Fedora > >Subject: Re: Grub clarification > > > > > >Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >> > >> Taking the defaults w/o any changes, I proceed and completed > >> the installation. > >> > >> On reboot, GRUB fails to find the drive. > > > >Before you rebooted, you should have been able to switch to a shell to > >examine the installed system. If you can mount that drive, > >you should. > > Otherwise, get to the shell to check the contents of > >/boot/grub/device.map. What's in there? > > > >What's the full text of grub's error? > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > The device map shows: > (hd0) /dev/sda > > When booted, there is a black screen with > 4 letters at the top-left corner: GRUB > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release Date: 12/2/2007 8:34 PM > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi Daniel B. Thurman! GRUB has several "stages". Stage 1 - the MBR which does a very quick sanity check and then uses it's disk partition table and/or a specific call to load - Stage 1.5 (sometimes omitted) which is a loader set up to regcognize the filesystem where it will find - Stage 2 which is what actually processes the grub.conf (or equivalent) file. I could concentrate on rebuilding the MBR using GRUB from the command line of a liveCD. Be careful, if memory serves "parted" sees the partitions "base 1" where GRUB sees them "base 0". You need to exactly understand "who thinks what is what" to rightly point to where Stage 2 is. Good Hunting! Tod
