Re: GRUB problem
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 07:05 pm, Jeremy Merritt wrote:
> I have been having a problem getting my GRUB
> bootloader to return on boot. No matter what I do, it
> keeps going to XP. I consulted with other people on
> this list and got some good input. But have run into a
> dead end again. Can someone analyze these steps and
> tell me what I'm doing wrong, or what I need to do to
> get the GRUB menu to return the way it was when I
> first installed Debian:
>
> Steps so far:
>
> 1. Boot up with live CD (Knoppix)
> 2. Activate shell and go root
> 3. Mount /dev/hda5 as /mnt/hda5
> 4. chroot /mnt/hda5 /bin/bash
> 5. grub-install /dev/hda5 -- Reports successful
> install but no results on bootup
i can't recall exactly what but i've had problems doing exactly what you
described. and since, i've adopted a habit of keeping a GRUB boot disk
around. (it's fairly trivial to create a bootable floppy. only slightly
tougher to create a bootable CD.) i then use grub shell, to do a 'setup' of
the drive. actually, it's easier to do this (i actually have a DHCP/network
boot setup to launch grub should i not find my GRUB disk):
1) boot using the floppy/CD so that you have a GRUB screen.
2) type 'c' (i think) to get to the grub command line.
3) type 'root(hdX)'
4) type 'menu /boot/grub/menu.lst'
5) and boot like normal.
once you get to your shell prompt, do a grub-install there.
i wrote the instructions from memory so it might be a little our of wack. like
i said, i can't remember the decisions that made me arrive at this solution
but what i described above has bailed me out consistantly.
hope it helps,
anoop.
aaryal@foresightint.com
>
> fdisk -l information (hda5=Mandrake, hdb2=Debian,
> system is booting from hda1=XP):
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83 Linux
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 1 3188 25607578+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hdb2 * 3189 7298 33013575 83 Linux
> /dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82 Linux swap
>
> Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdd1 * 1 3649 29310561 83 Linux
>
>
>
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