[ale] What is grub > and I Killed Access to Desktop

[Jim Kinney]

So bootable CD fails, bootable USB fails, hard drive boot fails.

Microcenter would be a next source :-)

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Still no luck. I did get "Parted Magic". It has a PXE boot option I can
> use. The problem I'm having right now is I don't know how to setup the
> command options. So far I have the following, but it then says it can find
> RAMDISK. Is anyone familiar with setting this up?
>
> /boot/ipxe/ipxe.krn initrd=
> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the minimal install (netinstall) ISO to a CD-R for Fedora
>> 18. I booted my machine and it starts the "plymouth boot screen" (whatever
>> that is), reaches the "target basic system" and then dumps me into
>> emergency mode with the following error:
>>
>> dracut-initqueue[303]: Warning: Could not boot.
>> dracut-initqueue[303]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist
>>
>> I'm scouring the web now to see what this means. It looks like some folks
>> got it during beta. I'm also downloading the full DVD ISO to see if that
>> makes a difference. I crossed my fingers while booting the CD-ROM, it can
>> be a bit temperamental.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Will do Jack. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Jack Schneider <puck at dp-indexing.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:30:11 -0500
>>>> Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi folks,
>>>> >
>>>> > I really screwed the pooch on this one. I have two issues: 1) how to
>>>> > use GRUB recovery console and 2) non-bootable LiveUSB. So; here's my
>>>> > first issue. I have two hard drives and my original setup was:
>>>> >
>>>> > * sda1 - windows (marked as boot)
>>>> > * sda2 - /boot
>>>> > * sda3 - lvm (fedora)
>>>> > * sdb1 - data
>>>> >
>>>> > With the release of Fedora 18 I figured I'll finally remove my Windows
>>>> > partition and turn it into a home directory. I fire up gparted and do
>>>> > just that. I'm not familiar with UUID so I simply changed the "label"
>>>> > to "home." I then use rsync to copy my existing /home directory into
>>>> > the new partition. All seems well...
>>>> >
>>>> > I reboot and after GRUB selects the latest instance of Fedora 17 I'm
>>>> > sent to some sort of recovery mode. I can only log in as root. My
>>>> > data partition is still mounted, but my newly created home partition
>>>> > no longer shows any data in it. I wonder if it has something to do
>>>> > with me changing it from NTFS to ext4.
>>>> >
>>>> > Either way I'm thinking that my GRUB is pointing to the wrong
>>>> > partition and stupidly run "grub install /dev/sda1". Now when I
>>>> > reboot and GRUB fires it immediately goes into a GRUB recovery
>>>> > console and I'm completely lost at this point.
>>>> >
>>>> > At this point I feel I've gone way down into the rabbit hole. I dont'
>>>> > mind losing the home directories since my data partition is still
>>>> > functioning. I want to just start fresh and do a clean install of
>>>> > Fedora 18. My main beef is I can't boot from the newly created Fedora
>>>> > 18 LiveUSB. It works on my laptop, but not on my desktop. When in
>>>> > GRUB recovery I ran "grub> usb" and it's supposed to show any USB's
>>>> > plugged in, but nothing shows up.
>>>> >
>>>> Hi, Marc
>>>>
>>>> Try  pmagic_2012_12_25,  Free-be! Runs in memory! More tools than ever
>>>> needed. Looks like Gentoo derivative.  Should allow you to rebuild
>>>> booting and anything else!.
>>>>
>>>> Jack
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Marc Ferguson*
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>>
>> *"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"*
>>
>
>
>
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