On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:01:28 -0800 Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using VMWare and I have a virtual machine with Linux installed. I > flubbed up the GRUB installation, and Linux refuses to boot. > (Specifically, I said "root (hd0,0)" and I believe it's supposed to > be "root (sd0,0)"). Using my computer normally, I could get to the > hard drive and edit grub.conf, either with a live CD or another Linux > installation. But since the hard drive is a vmdk file, I can't do > this. VMWare doesn't simulate booting an actual computer, it seems, > and so won't boot from my live CD. > > What can I do? > > -todd Todd, VMWare is able to boot from a CD! Make sure your CD is connect (or point the VMWare cdrom to a .iso file, like one from http://www.sysresccd.org/), make sure that the cdrom for that vm is set to 'connect at power on'. You might also need to hit F2 after starting the vm to go into the vm's bios to make the cdrom device the first boot device. I've done this quite a few times (booting some type of rescue CD to "fix" a vm that sounds like it's in a similar state as yours), works great, and should accomplish what you're looking to do... -Dennis -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
