As there doesn't seem to be a system tool which can install a boot
loader on red Hat (which sucks), it was a question of getting the grub
command right. I don't think the grub docs are entirely correct, or if
so, they're inadequate from my point of view, but this did the trick:
grub --device-map
a system.map or device-map, don't even know what
they are!
As you say, you need the right entries in (hd0,0)/boot/grub/grub.conf,
but thats not too bad.
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:09:40 +1200
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
As there doesn't seem to be a system tool which can install a boot
loader on red
on whether the boot loader
goes to MBR or elsewhere (my raid1 system seems to have it on /boot, not
in the MBR).
never actually needed a system.map or device-map, don't even know what
they are!
Mapping between /dev/X and grub's hdX number scheme (gee I love it - why
not add one more layer of complexity
I'm pretty sure rh9 was delivered with lilo, as grub hadn't been invented then.
There should be a lilo rpm somewhere on the install disks.
Steve
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:48:59 +1200
Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I install a boot loader on a Red Hat 9 system, using
onto a second disk. Unfortunately, RH doesn't
save the grub command they use to install the boot loader anywhere, and
I don't seem to get it right.
SuSE puts a
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,4) (hd0,4)
quit
into /etc/grub.conf, so re-installation simply goes with
grub --batch /etc/grub.conf
hi people
I can now finally boot into linux (Thanks Steve and ~/rik)
Just for future reference though you might like to know how I fixed it.
I tried steves instructions after booting of the Install/rescue CD
Had a good start till I got to step 1 and couldnt work out what /target
ment.
Finally
Hi People
A few weeks ago I reinstalled windows 98 and in the process it overwrote
the bootloader (LILO I think it had a fancy border and nice colours,
shades of blue and purple).
Is there any way for me to get the bootloader reinstalled so I can boot
into linux.
I do not have a boot
Do you still have your install CDs?
Repair can be effected by booting from disk #1
Brendan Greer wrote:
Hi People
A few weeks ago I reinstalled windows 98 and in the process it
overwrote the bootloader (LILO I think it had a fancy border and nice
colours, shades of blue and purple).
Is there
Ok just tried that
Booted off CD1
pressed F1 and started into the recuse part
selected reinstall bootloader option (Why hadnt I seen this before)
pressed enter a few times
then the following came up:
Added linux
Added linux-nonfb
Added failsafe
Added windows*
Fatal Kernel dosent support initial
not to me, sorry
but maybe someone else on list knows this?
- try the option to boot your installed Mdk,
get a terminal, su to root
go to /etc run lilo from there.
- should reinstate original options (as listed below)
hth
Brendan Greer wrote:
Ok just tried that
Booted off CD1
pressed F1 and
Brendan Greer wrote:
Ok just tried that
Booted off CD1
pressed F1 and started into the recuse part
selected reinstall bootloader option (Why hadnt I seen this before)
pressed enter a few times
then the following came up:
Added linux
Added linux-nonfb
Added failsafe
Added windows*
Fatal Kernel
Thanks guys I will have to try that tomorrow or at the weekend as I need
to get some sleep.
steve wrote:
Are you using lilo? If so, you can edit the file etc/lilo.conf.
Do what you did before, and once you've got started, press ctrl-alt-f3
and you should get to a console prompt ( if not, try
Thanks guys I will have to try that tomorrow or at the weekend as I need
to get some sleep.
steve wrote:
Are you using lilo? If so, you can edit the file etc/lilo.conf.
Do what you did before, and once you've got started, press ctrl-alt-f3
and you should get to a console prompt ( if not, try
Hi,
Dual booting with mandrake 9.2 and some other OS. I have the graphical
lilo boot loader selected, yet am presented with an operating system
selection screen which displays linux, windows, failsafe etc as a couple
of lines of text, and the only thing I can do is manually type the
option I
A bit more info that may be relevant: which ever os I type and launch,
the process triggers the bios virus protection routine, (and I could
turn it off) but I can continue.
Roger
Roger Searle wrote:
Hi,
Dual booting with mandrake 9.2 and some other OS. I have the
graphical lilo boot
Roger Searle wrote:
A bit more info that may be relevant: which ever os I type and launch,
the process triggers the bios virus protection routine, (and I could
turn it off) but I can continue.
The Bios routines are a nuisance, as you should have turned it off
before you install Linux in the
BIOS based anti-virus-type-activity features only made sense
when the OS was just a binary executable loader (ie DOS).
Any OS that does more than just load binary executables will
want to do things that will be hampered by that BIOS
feature. Turn it off.
A bit more info that may be relevant:
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