On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:17:56 +0200, maarten MAIIIIEEELED!!! in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 08 September 2004 05:11, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:33:13 -0300, Agust�n wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Could you send me your lilo.conf configuration to compare it with > > > mine? > > > > ..hah! It went out my door years ago, I use Grub now, easier to set > > up and much more forgiving IME. I also remember discussing this on > > D-U and Usenet, google for my email address and $query to see my > > angle on whatever. > > http://braindamage.alal.com/archives/debian-user/20030827/0532.html > > > > ..or JRTFU http://rootraiddoc.alioth.debian.org/ > > Hi Arnt, > > I really struggled with Grub, it seems the docs and I cannot get along > at all; I can't seem to get it working... not manually, at least. > Let's assume there is a working Grub installation on disk, and the > menu.lst is fine. However, the bootsector has been overwritten since > (or never written yet, or damaged, in any case: not functioning > anymore). How do you now persuade Grub to rewrite itself to the > bootsector ? > > I tried the commands (within the grub shell) > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) ..this means you got grub onto the MBR. ll /boot/grub &&\ cat /boot/grub/grub.conf or boot/grub/menu.lst ..with grub, you want 'root (md0)' for /dev/md0. > but it baffles me what step to take next (because these two don't seem > to do anything). If I then type 'configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst' I > get the usual boot screen, but what then ? Whatever I do, I fall back > to the bash shell prompt and nothing's been changed (apparently, since > the drive is still unbootable). How do I tell grub to apply the > settings that are in menu.lst and write itself to the boot(root)sector > ? ..play with this: #!/bin/sh /bin/cp -f /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub /usr/sbin/grub --batch <<EOT > /dev/null 2> /dev/null # device (hd0) /dev/hda # device (hd1) /dev/hdc device (md0) /dev/md0 root (md0,0) # setup (hd0) #installs onto /dev/hda # setup (hd2) #installs onto /dev/hdc setup (md0) #installs onto /dev/md0 quit EOT > Any pointers greatly appreciated...! > (well, except for 'RTFM'; I did that twice and it didn't help me > any...) > > Maarten ..assuming you meant to post on d-isp, I answer there. The alternative is pay up for my time. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
