RE: lenny won't boot after re-install

[Don Raikes <DON.RAIKES@oracle.com>]

Hi Nuno,

I followed the instructions from this page:

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html

rebooted without the livecd, and nothing. I put my hand on the top of the system, and it feels like the hard drive keeps searching for something to load. I am wondering if my harddrive is failing.

Any tips on how to test/fix it are appreciated.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nuno Magalhães [mailto:nunomagalhaes@eu.ipp.pt]
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:16 PM
> To: debian-user
> Subject: Re: lenny won't boot after re-install
> 
> 
> 2009/4/24 Don Raikes <DON.RAIKES@oracle.com>:
> > I guess that is my problem (what are the usual suspects)?
> 
> Me neither, i was just shooting blanks :) You say you installed the
> system (repeatedly), so i assume you got as far as "Let's reboot into
> your new system". I never had a system failing at that point... It's
> hard to guess: your boot-loader config? The MBR's messed up?
> 
> > Since I am blind, I am not sure how I will pull down the 
> gnome livecd and see what I can do from there.
> 
> Don't know what you mean by "gnome live cd", anyway i suggested the
> liveCD from Linux From Scratch[1], which is meant as a base for
> building a linux distro: thus, it only has the bare essencials (no X)
> and is good for troubleshooting.
> 
> I'm sure you can navigate their site. Good luck.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nuno
> 
> [1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/
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