On Saturday 22 September 2007 21:11, Jerry Houston wrote: > Rajko M. wrote: > > On Saturday 22 September 2007 20:15, Jerry Houston wrote: > > ... > > > >> Is there a Plan B that I should try? > > > > Let us see: > > fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0009a565 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 523 4200966 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > /dev/sda2 * 524 19457 152087355 83 Linux > > Disk /dev/sdb: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0007405f > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 1 24321 195358401 83 Linux > > > cat /boot/menu.ls
My bad. Sorry. > cat: /boot/menu.lst: No such file or directory Carlos already corrected this, and Patrick added next important file. The /dev/sda2 is marked active. If generic boot loader is in /dev/sda MBR, and grub is installed in /dev/sda2 boot sector, it should pick up and boot from there. So we looking: - is generic boot code in MBR of /dev/sda dd if=/dev/sda of=sda-mbr bs=512 count=1 strings -n 10 sda-mbr Should give this: Invalid partition table No operating system Error loading operating system - is GRUB installed in /dev/sda2 dd if=/dev/sda2 of=sda2-mbr bs=512 count=1 strings sda2-mbr It should list in last lines: GRUB Geom Hard Disk Read Error You can try tests on /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
