On 01/23/2017 07:36 PM, Barry wrote:
Hi All, the heading understates my problem - I can no longer boot my
desktop!!!
The setup is I have 2 hard drives, 1 with 6 ptns and the other with 8.
Each drive has (or should have) 2 bootable ptns. I am using grub to
start any one of them but none work. All attempts to reinstate boot
records have failed and the mbr has some funny entries.
Rescue disks on hand include install disks for Mageia 4, and Mageia 5
and a live dvd for Mageia 5. Also a Knoppix 5 disk and a
Boot-Repair-Disk. None of the install disks appear to be writing to
the mbr.
Does the live dvd run in a ramdisk only? I have tried to set up a
bootable ptn (sdb1 or sdb6) from this disk several times but it does
not appear to overwrite the mbr by the look of the choices when I
reboot. Also tried to make small changes which should show up on a
real disk later
The last install from the live disk was to /dev/sdb, with bootloader
grub on /dev/sda . This time the grub menu was correct. It started to
boot but stopped when dependencies failed for sda9 (swap) and sdb5 (data)
Help and condolencies will be most appreciated
Barry
The live disk will run purely in memory. This should allow you to see
your disks and hopefully fix your boot problems. First off - can you see
both disks, and are they the right way around?
good luck ( and I still owe you a lunch! ),
Steve
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Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP
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