If you're still stuffed tomorrow, bring it over. I work off Latimer Square.
Steve On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:17:26 +1200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The guys at Dove appeared to have found the power supply problem but not fully > fixed GRUB or the partioning / data transfer to the new expanded hard > drive...they are still trying to figure things out...but clearly they are not > linux trained. > > Is there a kind soul who would be prepared to take a look at my PC at the CLUG > meeting tonight to at least try to get it to boot correctly? > > If Dove are unable to fully transfer my linux data by the end of work today > does anyone know of a place / someone in town who can connect to the removed > hard drive to extract data from it? (I have the original hard drive which did > work, though Dove says it has a problem). > > Cheers > > Ralph > > > Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Thanks for the reply Steve. > > > > I have't been able to follow through with your recommendations as yet > > as my pC > > is still experiencing un-expected power downs and freezes...so it > > appears that > > the hard drive was not at fault as Dove diagnosed!! > > > > I did manage to get a live Knoppix to run for a few minutes and identify > > some > > of the partitions. > > > > I presume the <root device> you list item 3. would be my hdc1 windows NTFS > > partition? > > > > Cheers > > > > Ralph > > > > Quoting Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> 1. Boot off a live linux cd > >> 2. mkdir /target > >> 3. mount /dev/<root-device> /target > >> 4. (if you've got a separate boot device ) mount /dev/<boot-device> > >> /target/boot > >> 5. chroot /target /bin/bash > >> 6. grub > >> grub> root hd(0,0) [ assuming first partition - adjust the second 0 > >> accorgingly ] > >> grub> setup hd(0,0) > >> grub> exit > >> 7. exit > >> 8. init 6 > >> > >> > >> Should do it. grub allows for tab completion if you are unsure where > >> your boot device is. > >> There is a grub-install command on some distros, but I still don't > >> trust it... > >> > >> hth, > >> > >> > >> Steve > >> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:28:57 +1200 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> I've just had the nice guys at Dove Electronics replace a faulty hard > >>> drive > >>> for me. In the process they upgraded from 80 to 250gb and expanded the > >>> partitions (only the M$ ones as they were using Norton Ghost and > >>> couldn't do > >>> anything with the Linux formatted ones). > >>> > >>> My original hard drive used GRUB to dual boot. > >>> > >>> Now when I turn on I first get the F2 (setup) and F12 (multiboot screen > >>> and > >>> then it goes to a big black screen with 'GRUB' in top left corner > >>> and stops. > >>> > >>> Clearly GRUB has lost its reference to the partitions..can anybody offer a > >>> solution to getting it working again? > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > >
