Re: GRUB problem
anoop aryal wrote:
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
[snip]
This is excellent advice, and I keep one around, too.
Rather than post from memory,
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy.html
It's also a good idea to have a hard copy of how to boot from
the GRUB floppy. I keep one of those around, too. :-)
Mike
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