Hi g; On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 18:42 +0000, g wrote: > William Case wrote: > > I am looking for confirmation that this is a correct strategy and the > > proper use of the grub-install command. > > i have not used oos for several years and when i have had to reinstall grub, > i have been using a mandriva install disk. i would imagine it is not all > that different with fedora. > I don't know much about mandriva, but the install disk does have rescue mode which I am used to using. > you did not mention what version, i would guess you are at f9, i am using f8 > and recall 'recover' being in selections at disk boot. > My Fedora version is listed with my signature. During a bugzilla discourse, a program or facility called 'firstaid' was promised for F9 anaconda/rescue which would cover such eventualities but if it exists, I can't find it. > so it should be a simple matter of booting install disk, selecting 'recover' > and follow prompts. But it isn't. In any case, I have spent time with grub in the past and generally comfortable using it. I asked here as a double check because what I am planning will wipe out my boot loader for both of my systems temporarily and I wanted to make sure that I can be up and running as smoothly as possible. -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.2 Evo.2.22.2, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list