Yes, reinstalling GRUB fixed the problem. But I don't understand how it got screwed up in the first place.
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:15:54 +1100 "Michael Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter, > > Err... Wouldn't you want to re-install GRUB to make things work. What size > is the /boot partition on the new HD? > > -Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Vogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:46 PM > Subject: [SLUG] Weird GRUB thing > > > > My Redhat 8 system has been running happily for some months. Today I > > decided I'd better make a backup and used Ghost to copy the disk (10GB) > > to a bigger one(40GB). After doing the copy, I tried booting from the > > new disk and it just repeats "GRUB " forever. > > > > Now the weirdest part is that I put back the original drive and it now > > does the same thing. > > > > No, I did not do the ghost in the wrong direction. > > > > If I boot from a grub boot floppy everything boots fine and the hard > > disl seems fine. > > > > What's happened??? > > > > > > Peter Vogel > > ZapTV Pty Ltd > > 30 Adeline St, Faulconbridge 2776 > > Australia > > Tel: 02 4751 8735 > > Fax: 02 4751 2601 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug Peter Vogel ZapTV Pty Ltd 30 Adeline St, Faulconbridge 2776 Australia Tel: 02 4751 8735 Fax: 02 4751 2601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
