[ale] grub problems
Stephan Uphoff
ups at tree.com
Mon May 10 21:51:06 EDT 2004
Geoffrey wrote:
> Josh Freeman wrote:
> > You may be able to get the command line from grub and find and boot the
> > kernel that way. essentially you will be creating the boot option
> > stanzas when you get to the grub prompt
>
> I don't ever get to a prompt. I've resolved it though, as follows:
>
> Boot with a rescue disk.
> mount the root partition I'm trying to get to.
> chroot
> grub-install '(hd0)'
>
> grub-install reinstalls grub in the mbr. Apparently, RH removed the
> previous one. Wierd. I told it not to install one, so it removes the
> one I've got???
You probably changed or moved the physical locations of
files in /boot/grub.
The first stage of grub has only the sectors locations
for the next stage embedded - the data lives in /boot/grub.
Grub-install installs the first stage - patched with the physical
data location of the next stage.
Stephan
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