On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 19:06 -0500, Daniel J Celta wrote: > "blkid" > Returns the following: > > /dev/sda2: uuid="6xST10-Cskd-.........." TYPE="lvm2pv" > /dev/sdb1: uuid="-.........." TYPE="lvm2pv" > /dev/sdc1: uuid=".........." TYPE="lvm2pv" > /dev/sdd1: uuid=".........." TYPE="lvm2pv" > /dev/dm-0: uuid=".........." TYPE="ext3" > /dev/dm-1: uuid=".........." TYPE="swap" > > > I think you are right about the multiple installations. > I did try to reinstall 2 or 3 times hoping to overwrite and fix the > problem....... > > What should I do now? > > On Jun 21, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 18:37 -0500, Daniel J Celta wrote: > >> When booting in rescue mode before I get to the command prompt I > >> get a > >> Rescue splash screen with an error message. > >> "An error occurred trying to mount some or all of your system. Some > >> of it may be mounted under /mnt/sysimage." > >> > >> At the command prompt > >> The "mount" command returns the following: > >> > >> A bunch of (rw) and one (ro) > >> the last one says: > >> "/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol100 on /mnt/sysimage type ext3 > >> (rw,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,data=ordered)" > > ---- > > type blkid > > > > and it will tell us the LVM volumes and devices - sounds like you may > > have more than 1 installation > > > > Craig ---- given that output, there is no reason that running 'grub-install /dev/sda' should give you an error. you should be able to boot if you can run that command (booting into linux rescue mode and first, 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' as I described earlier. You can add a 'verbose' to that command... grub-install -v /dev/sda so that it provides more feedback. I have to believe that /dev/sda1 is /boot and should have also been mounted during 'rescue' mode. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines