Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

[Tim <gob@subdimension.com>]

Maybe the MBR has been altered?  Run GrUB from a floppy, and
 > root (hd0,0) <-----if hd0,0 is your linux root partition
 > setup (hd0)  <-----places into MBR

This worked for me once before...hope it helps you!

Tim

will trillich wrote:
> any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after
> the bios stuff, and then... nothing.
>
> a friend suggested trying windo~1 fdisk to make it a fat32
> drive, wiping previous linux stuff off, then retrynig with a new
> linux (ext3) partition scheme. i tried that (i think) and still,
> hang on boot after seeing "GRUB".
>
> is there a trick i missed in writing the boot sectors? (lilo
> worked on the machine in the past...)
>