Hi; Summary: Request for Enhancement: Add a line to rescue (disk) "Re-install Grub" https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445679 this is a firstaidkit plugin that is being worked on. It will be released shortly with the new version of firstaidkit. Changing the component so this does not get ignore. On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 06:51 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > All the following grub comments from responders seem to miss the point. > > On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 13:24 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > Just went through some grub problems and fixes. I got grub running but > > I had to generate my own grub.conf. I ended up re-installing F8 anyways > > for other reasons (faults of my own making). > > > > But I got wondering; is there a utility that generates the grub setup > > for stage2 á la anaconda in /boot/... and/or /boot/grub/grub.conf. > > -- > > Regards Bill > > > My commercial boot loader got messed up. (It doesn't matter how. I am > just trying to avoid a long unnecessary explanation). I was able to > replace that boot loader with grub by using my Fedora 8 rescue disk, > grub install and the grub shell command line. My question was not based > on being unfamiliar with working with grub. > > During that process, it occurred to me that there is already a perfectly > usable bit of code in Anaconda that installs grub for dual booting with > every new install of Fedora. And, there are times when people want to > reinstall just the grub setup exactly as Anaconda would have done it > originally. > > Is it not possible to make a Red Hat utility that just repeats the grub > part of the Anaconda installation process. Perhaps it could have a gui > frontend in order to make some simple adjustments, but nonetheless a > user/administrator could re-install just the grub part of their system > without having to run the entire Fedora installation. > > -- > Regards Bill > For the few who might be interested in a final answer. -- Regards Bill -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
