On Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 12:34:11 pm Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > > But it is not booting. I just get a prompt with 'GRUB>', and I do not > > know what to do next. > > 1. boot from livecd > 2. note the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst > 3. type out those contents line by line like 'root hd(0,0)', 'vmlinuz > <mumble> etc. > > Is it able to boot after typing out all the commands? > > Do a grub-install /dev/<your-hdd> > > Tab expansions are possible in grub command prompt. >
I think it is something to do with numbers (that is what puppy says). I have two partitions - mandriva had called them /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda6 and in grub they are referred to as hd(0,0) and hd(0,5). But in menu.lst there is a reference to /dev/sda6 - should I change this to /dev/sda5? or to /dev/hda5? - I am asking all this because I do not have access to the machine right now. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
