On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:09 AM, M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > >> After restoring data from a backup image set for a 500GB harddisk to a >> 1000 GB harddisk, I am unable to boot up my F11 OS. I have already >> restored *both* the MBR backup and the dump output from sfdisk. > > It isn't that simple. The MBR tells the OS where to find the next boot > information on the disk and that will most likely have moved so it won't > find it. > >> What else is missing? I am stuck at a blinking cursor at the top left >> corner of the screen. GRUB is not loading and I am unable to select >> any kernel to boot. >> >> Using System Rescue CD, I am able to activate all the logical volumes >> and all the volume groups that were restored. I am also able to mount >> all the logical volumes and access the restored filesystems. > > You need to boot off the rescue disk and reactivate grub from there - > something like chroot into the disk image and then run grub-install, though > I forget the exat details. > > Michael Young > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > Thank you! -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Country: Singapore -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines